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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service whether you're listening to music editing videos or working with in any audio environment hearing reference audio is crucial and that means hearing audio exactly as it was intended what's up guys I'm Dmitry with Hardware Canucks and we have a new AKG closed-back monitoring headphone on the review table today the K 182 that is an outstanding pair if you're looking for audio monitoring they're built to withstand studio lifestyle our incredibly comfortable and also sound fantastic so let's dive into the details and see if this is the right pair for you now design wise it's a very basic headphone it's mainly plastic with some metal joints there are some rubber pieces on the headband which I'm not sure what's that about with just simple AQG branding on each ear cup plus the top of the headband there is some creaking going on when stretching the headphone but the entire frame feels pretty solid and I'm confident that this will behave well in a studio environment the headphone is size adjustable the ear cups have almost full 360 degrees rotation and that's awesome for a low profile fit when they're on your neck but I found rotating the ear cups facing you is also awesome to be able to hear what you're listening to if you just want to take a little break further the ear cups can be folded inside for it slightly smaller footprint during travel and that's pretty awesome it is a much stiffer rotation joint which is perfect to avoid them folding if you're holding them just by one side as in they don't collapse unless you intentionally push them in the cable here is removable using the mini XLR 3 pin connection so replacing the cable is not an issue and AKG sells plenty of additional cables the cable included here is not coiled it's a standard three meters which is you know fine for studio space with a six point three min later adapter included but unfortunately no shorter cable included in the package so if you want to use them on the go you'll have to buy additional cables yourself so now let's talk comfort the k1 82 is the most comfortable studio headphones that I've tried I the leather cushions here are super deep and soft enough to relieve any pressure the clamping is very minimal and I did not notice any heat accumulation inside the ear cups that are conveniently labeled left and right for that visual aid there's very little padding on the headband that I thought might be an issue but it wasn't at 155 grams without the cable the K 182 offers lightweight design and also an outstanding fit so it was time to fire up some music do some editing to see if these are going to replace my HD a DJ from San Heiser and simply because of the awesome fit this pair will definitely be the first to sit on my headphone stand so I have the o2 plus au DAC headphone amplifier and based on what I heard this is an outstanding monitor headphone the lows come through power it's not a flat headphone by any means and combine this with fine sparkle in the high end to reveal plenty of detail out of any audio source without being too harsh and compared to my HD DJ they are a lot more revealing and offer a surprisingly wide soundstage for a closed back headphone which is super nice and a very important element that everybody will appreciate for a studio headphone is sound isolation they block out pretty much 100% of the exterior sound which is great and they leak zero sound so when they're on you and you can blast out the volume to the highest or to whoever you see comfortable without disturbing anybody in your surroundings so if you are in the market for a new monitor headphone the AKG K 182 is a fantastic pair to consider and we're giving it Harbour Canucks damn good award so make sure to say hello to that like button below for more similar content I'm Dimitri with Haruka Knox thanks so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one