AKG: what they publish

In this database14 headphones
Figures from their own material13 of 14
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This page does not review anything AKG makes. It counts one thing: how much of what this database says about their products came out of their own documents, and how much had to be worked out or left blank.

Where each sensitivity figure came from

ModelImpedanceSensitivitySource of the figure
K240 MKII55 Ω91.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K240 Studio55 Ω91.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K271 MKII55 Ω91.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K36132 Ω99.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K37132 Ω99.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K5232 Ω95.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K612 Pro120 Ω91.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K70162 Ω92.9 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K70262 Ω92.9 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K712 Pro62 Ω92.9 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K7XX (Drop)62 Ω93.0 dB/mWNot published
K87236 Ω97.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
K9232 Ω98.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
N500518 Ω98.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt

Impedance is almost always printed. Sensitivity is the one that goes wrong, because a decibel figure means two very different things depending on whether it is per milliwatt or per volt — about five decibels apart at 300 Ω and eighteen at 16 Ω. The conversion is here.

  • Converted from per volt — 13: the maker prints a figure per volt, converted here with dB/mW = dB/V − 10·log10(1000/Z)
  • Not published — 1: no sensitivity figure in anything the maker published

What the paperwork adds up to

Almost everything this site says about AKG came from them. That is not the normal case and it is worth saying out loud.

The rule used here is the same for every maker and is described on the manufacturer index. Every figure behind it can be opened on the product page it came from, with the document it came from linked.