AKG K-52

It's a very good pair of headphones. Weightless, comfortable and kinda worth for first home studio choice. Meanwhile, as a backup pair, taking the seat of my favourite DT 770, it's good. Its good for its price.
Also i was thinking if this is a quality pair of headphones for a home studio. Yeah ok it is. When I first unboxed it, I saw and felt the low quality plastic materials, but, once again, for its price it's good.
Now the sound. Ok they have kinda lovely sound, flat, but not almost flat. Something like when you adjust the volume of the audio interface starts a beat peaking before the peak level. Is the reason for that the ohms? - I don't think so.
The type of the product, I'm 100% sure is not closed.
Volume knob 30% - everyone in my room can hear what I hear.
Volume knob 50% - everyone in the next two rooms can hear what I hear.
If move them upon my head, lay them on the desk, move from room to my hall, I still hear them. So I think this item it's worth to start from a cheap pair of headphones, but not as described.

I do not have much of a reference for the audio quality as theae are the best headphones I bave owned. I use these close backed AKGs for monitoring while recording and open backed for editing and mastering. I have used these AKG-52 exclusivley for monitoriing my own voice during audiobook recording, Estimated use is about 1200 hours over four year in total - not continuous daily use..I bought them in August 2020 (so four years for this particular set). I am very happy, with the audio detail, and comfort while I am speaking, and so the value is certainly there. I can hear all the errors and details like mouth clicks that are difficult to remove in post, so they helped me develop my technique. With a powerful headphone amp cranked up to the point I can hear the noise floor in the voice, they then start to feedback - but set at the right level to hear only the voice, they have no impact on the recording, Also they did not make any noise that the mic picked up, They fit very well and I was not conscious of wearing them while performing. . I originally used them with the Steinberg UR12 and even with headphone volume at full they were too quiet, so ultimately that was a contributing factor in my upgrading to an all round more powerful audio interface and they worked well. The reason I am writing this review now after four years is one month ago most of the plastic covering on the ear pads came off onto my head and the headband starting behaving strangey and went limp. I was looking for replacement ear pads on Thimann and it prompted for a review…. but I have not found any replacement pads, they are not listed. Then I realiswd how little I paid for these to begin with and was surprised to see I had bought them in 2020.

I've got K240 for a while now, and it is a great set of headphones, I do everything on them. However I needed something cheaper with a closed back just for tracking, since K240 is semi open and is bleeding into the mic often.

K-52 is not a high-end stuff obviously, but it does the job. Sound is pretty thin and I don't think I would use it for anything serious, but probably I'm gonna use it as a reference point.

Quite comfortable, quality is fine, just what I expected. It would be good if it had a detachable cable though.

Great service from Thomann as usual.

Don't be fooled by the photos - these headphones offer great comfort even though their fit is rather on the snug side.

I'm using them for monitoring my live EDM productions in small bars/clubs where they get abused and knocked about all night long - all the while being transported within a case full of other audio accessories - and they've withstood all of this abuse with flying colors.

Great value for money - they get the job done with appropriate levels for monitoring in rooms of 40-50 people without being overwhelmed by the PA.

In terms of sound quality, they're quite adequate for my purposes - although a bit bass-heavy.