Koss Portapro = Nice :)

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by fugyaself, Mar 24, 2004.

  1. fugyaself

    fugyaself Full Member

    After getting geo's seal of approval I figured I had better check out the Koss Portapro headphones. For the $35 I paid at buy.com all I have to say is wow. I really didnt expect this quality for such lil $.

    They are really detailed. The low end is incredible as well. They are very comfortable as well. The ability to fold them up and put them in a bag is also pretty cool. My only complaint is that I realized I have better hearing out of my right ear than my left. Tried different sources and switched the headphones around to test. Ah well.

    For anyone looking to get a good sound quality reference for cheap I would have to suggest getting these.
     
  2. ASM

    ASM Full Member

    I can't hear higher frequencies out of my right ear. Forever screwing up a perfect sound stage for me :angry:


    I need a new pair of headphones; I'll have to check those out.
     
  3. dojunk

    dojunk Full Member

    Those look nice :eek:

    I have These
    And I think they're pretty tough to beat for the price
    good stuff if you cant afford senheisers.
     
  4. dojunk

    dojunk Full Member

    That sucks guy's
    I have an extreme sensitivity to higher frequencies
    I have my 3/4" silk cdt tweets (supposed to be super laid-back)
    -3 at the crossover and -6 or more at the eq and they still rip my ears of sometimes.
    dont you wish you had set of "golden ears"? :(
     
  5. BlkX

    BlkX Full Member

    That sucks guy's
    I have an extreme sensitivity to higher frequencies
    I have my 3/4" silk cdt tweets (supposed to be super laid-back)
    -3 at the crossover and -6 or more at the eq and they still rip my ears of sometimes.
    dont you wish you had set of "golden ears"? :( [/b][/quote]
    That's not too bad, depending on where i have my gains set i've had tweets attenuated as much as 10db's.
     
  6. deyton

    deyton Full Member

    I have a pair of ksc-35's, same driver as the porta pros, but they don't look half as stupid :lol:. They're over the ear type things. Very nice indeed.
     
  7. fugyaself

    fugyaself Full Member

    In picture they do look retarded. They dont look quite as bad in person.

    I couldnt really care about the looks though. Confort and sound is my main concern. I was going to get a grado 125 set but I figured I would work my way up :)
     
  8. geolemon

    geolemon Full Member

    They really do sound nice.

    It is nice that you can fold them into a bag, but therein lies my only complaint... the metal headband that seemingly spring-contracts when you take it off...
    If you don't want to readjust your headband everytime you put it on, you could do what I did...
    I put a couple layers of scotch tape on the metal band, so the plastic piece had a bit of friction, so when I take them off, they'll stay fit to my head.

    I really did that to discourage my wife, if she heard them she'd never go back to the pair that came with her Phillips portable CD player. :p

    But seriously, I bought them after having read a review on www.goodcans.com about them, comparing them to a set of Grados that had beaten out some pair of Sennheisers, and the PortaPros came out on top. :cool:

    It's almost not a matter of "for a portable - they are great!"
    They really are just more unconditionally great.

    I thought I got a bargain at $45 for them... $35 and free shipping is ludicrously cheap. Everyone should have a pair at that price, seriously...
    Hmm... I'm picturing birthday gift for my wife...
    I can give her my old ones, and... :lol: