By Jon Porter
In recent years AKG has dominated the budget and mid-range headphone space. While most other headphones at these price points chase after the bass-addicts, AKG has been content to stick to what it knows best; namely headphones that offer a balanced, refined sound you’d normally find in more expensive cans.
With the AKG N60NC Wireless headphones the company appears to be stepping out of its comfort zone a little. The aluminium accented design is more flashy than AKG’s usual fare, and the noise-cancellation combined with wireless operation pushes the N60NCs to the upper end of the company’s normal price points.
But in spite of these more premium features, the headphones are still comfortably cheaper than their equivalents from Bose and Sony with the QC35 and MDR-1000x headphones respectively.
So, does this difference in price translate to much of a difference in quality? For the most part no. We had a couple of niggling control issues with the N60NC Wireless headphones, but outside of this they offer fantastic value for money – so long as you’re after a pair of on-ear, rather than over-ear, headphones.
Design
Whereas most noise-cancelling headphones opt for an over-ear design, which means the earcups encase …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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