I have auditioned a lot of the current TOTL headphones on the market. In that price range, AKG K812 is the headphone to sought after if you want something that is very pure, very revealing, while at the same time very holographic and very musical.

With hi-fi, my experience is that good loudspeakers and headphones are the biggest factor in play. And this "reference" model, as top-grade headphones are called, is one of the best.

Andy Jones finally gets hold of the AKG K812 headphones, said to be the ultimate reference headphones. Well, they should be at that price…

The AKG K812 is a beautifully produced studio headphone model. Wearing comfort is taken to new levels with this essential, while the sound capabilities are more or less free of any weaknesses worth noting.

We find out what sound quality you can expect from AKG's newly launched K812 reference headphones, which will set you back a cool £1,000