Download the six-page color product sheet for the venerable AKG K-340 headphone of 1979:
DOWNLOAD: AKG_K340
The AKG K-340 (not to be confused with the modern AKG K 340 earbud) was AKG’s top of the line headphone of the 1980s. Introduced in 1979, the K-340 took the basic design of the classic K-240 (which was very sophisticated in and of itself) and added the additional complication of a separate Electrostatic driver and associated crossover network.
Wikiphonia has a detailed entry on these unusual headphones, so no need to re-tread those waters; the six-page document I post here is some new material for the web, though, AFAIK. Check it out… and if anyone uses these cans, LMK yr thoughts…
Click here for previous vintage AKG headphone coverage on PS dot com
One reply on “AKG K-340 Electrostatic/Dynamic Headphones c. 1979”
Thanks for sharing a little backgeound history about these strange headphones. I can listen for hours with these phones ( lossless aiff audio files on ipad4 connected to a Leckerton dac/amp using a Fiio line out cable straight to the Leckerton amp) There are something special about the AKG K340 phones that i cant explain,that i don’t get from my K701 or sennheiser HD650. To get that special sound i must use Denons audio eq app with the k340.Thats the only eq app that will cut it with the AKG K340. I think i have the bass heavy version. I wish AKG would continue to produce these phones…..