14 DAY TRIAL // Don't know what is it about headphones that makes them so attractive, but sometimes it seems like every audio equipment manufacturer out there is coming up with its own earphone models, KRK, makers of high-quality studio monitors, being the latest to join the party with their KNS-6400 and KNS-8400 offerings.
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing I like more than diversity and it actually looks like these headphones are really nice options, their frequency range being particularly impressive since the KNS-6400 can playback sounds ranging between 10Hz and 22kHz while the KNS-8400 comes with an even more impressive 5Hz-23kHz frequency range, but choosing a pair of headphones these days has really become a daunting task.
However, moving past that debate, their great performance comes thanks to KRK's “advanced transducer design,” the company stating the KNS headphones can provide uses with studio monitor quality sound (a pretty tall order if you ask me, but, again, who am I to judge).
Apart from their (presumably) great sound, both the KNS-6400 and the KNS-8400 are designed with comfort in mind, coming in with an lightweight reduced-mass structure and an adjustable low-pressure headband system.
This comforting fit is possible thanks to a self-aligning yoke and replaceable ear and head cushions, these headphones also coming with acoustic foam ear pads to conform to your head shape.
“The development of a breakthrough KRK headphone product has been years in the making,” said Tim Dorwart, KRK's CEO.
“We assembled a team of experienced designers that were given a directive to create a headphone that exceeded current performance standards.
The goal was to satisfy what customers have been asking for: a headphone that closely replicates the “studio monitor experience” while honoring our objective to build a product that is lightweight, comfortable and competitively priced,” concluded the company's CEO.
Taking all these features into consideration as well as the impressive sound quality promised by KNK for these headphones, the $99 and $149 asked for the KNS-6400 and KNS-8400, respectively, don't even sound that much.