AKG K550

Even if you’re not an audiophile, you’ve seen the huge headphones many audiophiles wear. Most are open-back models, which allow the sound from the back of the speaker driver inside to escape, and which thus avoid the “boxy” sound that driver enclosures can create. Audiophiles are happy to suffer the high cost and total non-portability of open-back ’phones because of the huge, spacious sound they offer.

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AKG K550: Review by Headfonia - The Headphone Enthusiasts' Website

There are two kinds of over-the-ear headphones: the closed-back design that prevents sound from leaking out of the cups, and the open-back that doesn’t

Solid sound is what you will get out of this huge headphones -- the AKG K550.

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AKG K550 review - Giant closed-back headphones that sound like open headphones. How did they do that?

Best home over-ear headphones £100-£200, Awards 2016. Rousingly musical headphones with no obvious deficiencies