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History & Background
In 1969, AKG developed the K 180,
the first headphones with “SCS”
(“Subjective Controlled Sound”).
The speakers were movable within
the earcups for varying the acoustic
perspective.
The most popular headphones
worldwide include the K 240 and
K 141. They were used for most
international productions during the
1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, unfail-
ingly delivering excellent results. The
most famous video in which these
headphones appeared was “USA For
Africa – We Are The World” shot in
1985 and available on YouTube.
In 2005, AKG placed the first
Perception models on the market,
the first microhpone line providing
AKG sound quality at a very attractive
price/performance ratio. They have
since been in high demand with both
musicians and sound engineers. This
comes hardly as a surprise, for they
are among the best externally polar-
ized condenser microphones in the
marketplace – and above all, they
are affordable for project studios and
small-scale productions. The idea
was to do the engineering at AKG’s
headquarters in Vienna and have the
microphones manufactured in China
under strict quality control by AKG.
The first AKG logo, three interlinked
circles, was created by the founder
of the company and is still in use in
slightly modified form. It stands for
proverbial AKG quality worldwide.
The New Perception Series
First-class AKG Sound and time-tested quality at a top price
AKG K 240
AKG K 180
AKG K 99
Perception
AKG P 820 Tube
Perception