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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also: avoid AKG, consider Austrian Audio.

AKG is a popular brand in professional music and audiophile circles. It was bought by Samsung in 2016, who promptly drove the company into the ground, closed their Austrian facilities, and moved headquarters to America and production to SE-Asia. AKG's name is now used for brand recognition on Samsung's generic big tech garbage. Yes, I'm still salty about it.

Austrian Audio was founded by the actual engineers who worked at AKG, currently owned by a Danish audio tech company. They produce high-end professional headphones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Sennheiser and beyerdynamic are also big competitors in the hi-fi market. Both are German.