AKG K422 Foldable Headphones for $23 Shipped

anyone ordered from this site?

anyone ordered from this site?

Does anyone have personal experience with these headphones? I'm looking for a pair for my daughter but the only reviews I could find on these say they have great sound but suffer from severe sound leakage.

This new kid has a name, and it is the AKG 420.

What I look for in a portable headphone:
Fun Sound: Check
Ergonomics that make them comfy and easy to take out: Check
Pouch that you probably won’t use, but is nice to have anyway: Check
Fold flat for easy storage without squishing one of the earpads: Check
Durability: Check
Easy to put on quickly and not fiddly about positioning: Check
A profile slim enough so that the cool kids don’t laugh at you: Check
A cord that isn’t 5 miles too long: Check
Easily drivable sans amp: Check
The general feeling that it wasn’t a huge sacrifice choosing these over larger cans: Check

What do I mean by fun sound? I mean a sound that makes you want to get down with your bad self. Usually that means a midbass hump, and enough detail and clarity to know what you’re listening to. We all know that Portapro kind of sound. the 420s are that on steroids. I’ll say right now that I like them better than K81s, and I liked the K81s. The K81s were too boomy (price of being closed), and the cord was 5 miles too long. Yes, there are mods, but I’m comparing stock to stock. What I get from the sound is that fun midbass minus the sonic boom, and with an added top end for clarity. I listen to acoustic, metal, hip hop, and everything in between and there was nothing they sounded bad with. The worst I can say is that the top end is a little bit harsh. Not headache-inducing or anything, but it’s the same kind of hardness I get from unburned-in stuff. These impressions are the sound right out of the box. I can’t comment much on the soundstage yet, other than to say... hey, there’s a since of stage and space here.

They are very easy to drive. I don’t have a portable amp right now, and these don’t need one. I have a Euro iPod Touch jailbroken to remove the volume limiter, and these are earbleeding at halfway.

The 420s are semiclosed, which I take to mean mostly open. That’s where the good sound comes from, so that’s the tradeoff. It’s still tough to find closed headphones at that price point which don’t suck. I’m spoiled from the combo of Sensas and dt250s there. I’m happy to take the tradeoff.

If you do not play your music too loud, the K420 will not leak much. It depends on if you think it is okay that sound leaks in. The K420 does not isolate at all, and if you want the music to overpower noises from the outside, your music will leak and probably disturb the person next to you. I enjoy my K420 (when I am not using other headphones) and I seldom push the volume over 50% on any of my MP3 players when using the K420's. I am not undisturbed in my music listening this way, but the K420 are great headphones and very engageing, so I accept that...

Sometimes I use my K420s while on the bus too

I've tried holding it about 1.5 feet away from me while on the bus and playing music about 50% on my player
with the noises on the bus, i couldnt hear the leakage at all

like "Danneq" said above, if you raise the volume to overpower the noise (which is really loud), people would hear your music too lol
it's fine if you just not overpower the ambient noises around you and let them blend with the music