IMPORTANT DETAIL - the stock earpads are fine, but an instant, OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD upgrade for them is a pair of yaxxi pads. The ones designed for the Koss Porta Pro's are the ones you want. Get whatever color you want. Orange gives some proper starlord 80's retro cred.
These have no right to sound so legendary. I'm serious. This sound in a $300 pair of headphones would be justifiable. They sound amazing out of everything. Dedicated digital dac? yep. Tube amp? yep. headphone jack on my lame laptop? YEP.
They don't have that cramped, squeezy feel of the KPH30's. They sound better than the 30's (which were already amazing) These little guys just disappear on your head. Even if you think you hate headphones that sit on your ears, these (with some yaxxi pads) just might as well not exist on your head.
The sound is just fine from the stock earpads, but I bought some yaxxi pads (available here on amazon) in orange for some more retro look and the comfort went up dramatically. Yaxxi's are like $10 and so luxuriously soft and ethereal.
As for tuning, they're supremely chill. The same kind of vibe that my $300 Meze Classic 99's have. They're not the sparkly goddess sound that makes people love or hate Grado, but they're not overbearing anywhere in the sound signature, so mids are nice and rich, with deep, punchy sub-bass that you would NEVER expect (beastie boys intergalactic HITS) The treble is gentle and clean, and they're just supremely laid back, enjoyable things to listen to.
I find the only area they don't trade punches with $300 headphones on is imaging. It's not bad by any means, but you don't get that "you can point at exactly where in front of you the sound is" level of detail that some Grado sr60's would give you.
But the fact that the only place I can start to find a complaint is imaging, and using a pair of headphones that cost twice the money as an example should start to paint a picture that these are truly special.
The party piece in the sound stage to me, is that they are tuned superbly for outdoor use too. No, they aren't going to isolate the world, but they don't get drowned out to nothing on the ferry like my Hifiman Hex4's do. I don't necessarily always need headphones outside that isolate the world, but I do need them to sound good if they don't.
The only actual gripe I have is the cord doesn't include the nice little in-line microphone and single button control that the KPH30i's have. Since I do use these outdoors a lot (they're just so light and tiny that they can just be chucked in my bag) I would REALLY have liked to see a microphone. And maybe if there was a way to give the earcups a way to swivel and lay flat, I'd like that, as it'd make them even more pack-able.
As it is, these are some truly god-tier beater headphones. But seriously, get some Porta Pro yaxxi pads. There's no work involved to swap them, just peel the old ones off and stretch the new ones on.
| 包装尺寸 | 22.2 x 15.29 x 5.41 cm; 109 克 |
|---|---|
| 连接技术 | 有线连接 |
| 佩戴方式 | 贴耳式耳机 |
| 功能用途 | 麦克风, 轻质, USB 连接 |
| 本商品是否包含电池 | 不是 |
| 产品颜色 | 隐形灰色 |
| 制造商 | Koss Corporation |
| 材质 | 不锈钢 |
| 商品重量 | 109 g |
