AKG Fully Digital wireless Surround Headphone System with Dolby Digital Decoder - HEARO999AUDIOSPHEREII

by AKG

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007N5Q5O
• Item model number: HEARO999AUDIOSPHEREII
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 26, 2005

Product Description

These connoisseur headphones deliver unrivaled versatility and and a stunning surround listening experience. Featuring digital radio transmission and antenna diversity for absolutely noise-free reception without drop-outs, they?re also fitted with a Dolby Digital decoder. The emphasis is on customization, from adjusting the sound to your taste, tweaking the head-shape, to fine-tuning the sound presets. They?re unbeatable for late-night movie watching or for experiencing surround sound anywhere in the house. They?re also ideal for the pro studio engineers who can develop a personal reference sound adjusted to their own ears and use it in any control room.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best for movies, September 22, 2006

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Neil Rasmussen (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AKG Fully Digital wireless Surround Headphone System with Dolby Digital Decoder - HEARO999AUDIOSPHEREII (Electronics)

These are great for movies, where the unit directly takes the digial input from the DVD player. There definitely is a surround effect that you cant get with regular headphones. Background noise level is low and the reception quality is better than the various Sennhieser wireless systems which I have used, with less interference and dead spots.

The phones were designed for a charging stand but AKG does not offer one. Instead you must plug in a little jack into the phones to charge them.

Listening to stereo music I get better pure sound quality on my Sennheiser 650s but they are not wireless.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!, May 16, 2008

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Laura Alice (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AKG Fully Digital wireless Surround Headphone System with Dolby Digital Decoder - HEARO999AUDIOSPHEREII (Electronics)

These are great. I am able to plug into my PS3 so that I can game while my husband works. They fit pretty snug but that is what helps prevent the sound from leaking out. The audio quality is impeccable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars get them while they're discontinued but still available, February 24, 2008

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alaska (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AKG Fully Digital wireless Surround Headphone System with Dolby Digital Decoder - HEARO999AUDIOSPHEREII (Electronics)

Given the implausibility of a wireless audiophile headphone, these were a bit expensive at their original price, but at a steep discount they seemed worth a shot -- and guess what, they work really well. Considering their performance and how much technology is packed into the headphones and base unit, they offer a pretty good value even at full price. The difference between these and mass-market wireless headphones is ridiculous -- there's no noise, and as long as you're reasonably close to the base station, the sound quality does not suffer in comparison to audiophile wired headphones. I have (corded) AKG 701s driven by a Max Headroom headphone amp and, more often than not, I'll use the wireless AKGs even when I'm sitting near the stereo. Hooked up to a good CD player, the Hearo 999 will reveal, for better or worse, every detail in the recording.

Cons: Occasional drop-outs can occur, especially if you're far from the base station and moving. There are a lot of settings, allowing for considerable tweaking, but it's not exactly plug-and-play. Batteries have to be recharged after about 3 hours of use. While the headphones are well-made and extremely comfortable, the build quality of the base station chassis seems flimsy -- certainly not up to the sophisticated electronics it houses.