Koss Porta Pro On-Ear Stereo Headphones - Red Hot

What an amazing product. Yes it's a cheap pair of 1980's headphones with not just retro, but genuinely old, styling, but the sound they produce is really amazing for the price. These pack one hell of a punch. Deep bass, solid mids and comfortable highs. The headphones are indeed cheap, in price and construction, but they sound superb. Some mild negatives include the headband that catches your hair painfully. I have a buzz cut, and was astounded to find myself wincing in pain as the headband yanked out the odd hair. If you have lustrous hair, may God help you. Secondly, when you take them off, however you set them up, all your settings fall apart and are gone. Each time you put them on you have to adjust the headband, lose some hair, and adjust the tension setting all over again. Thirdly, this is, as I've stated, a cheap headphone, but they feel really cheap in places. The headband is a symptom of this and the ear pieces are made of brittle plastic and covered in cheap foam pads that begin to feel hard against your ears after an hour of wear. All of that aside however, let's be fair; this is a very cheap headphone. Well under £30 at the time of purchase and you get top quality audio with impedance levels designed for portable sound... phones, DA players, Walkman... whatever. You'll find people using these wherever they're on the go. I prefer these to ear bud headphones because I dislike the feeling of jamming things into my ears. It's unhealthy too apparently. Sound leakage is considerable. Those of you who are old enough to remember the '80's will recognise the tinny sound leakage of open back, small, on-ear earphones. These produce a similar sound, so be prepared for the hairy eyeball of fellow commuters. For sports these stay on well. I was surprised but they cling like limpets to your swede. Whether you'd prefer ear buds however is the big question, but if you hate ear buds, these are the next best thing. Replacement foam pads are available from Koss at minor expense which is a major plus. They also come with a small leatherette bag to pack them, and ingeniously fold up into a tiny ball, held together with a small hook and clip arrangement that is simple but effective. All in all, yes this is a very cheap pair of headphones with all that this usually entails. They are not however bad headphones. They are little marvels of acoustic brilliance. The sound is sparkling, dynamic, powerful and wide open. Yes there are several drawbacks to these, but at this price point all of them are entirely reasonable and easy to live with. I know people who have been wearing these for 30 years, own various very high-end brands, but still head out with these little Koss phones on a regular basis. The sound is comparable to headphones that cost many times the amount. Recommended. I hope this has been helpful.

First time buying these and I'm very impressed. The sound quality is great and is perfect paired with my cassette player. I was told these used to cost £20 couple years ago but now have doubled in price because they have become popular again but it's worth the £40 I paid. I use them daily and are very lightweight and comfortable :)

I'm not an audiophile, but I wanted a good-sounding pair of headphones. After going along with this pair, I definitely don't regret it. The sound quality is absolutely amazing for someone who only used £10-ish in-ear headphones. You can hear much more detail in each song, I found that I didn't need to drive up the bass on my MP3 to feel it. The main problem with the headphones is that they can't block out sound. This is both an advantage and disadvantage, though most of the time it's a bit annoying to only hear half the music when you're near a busy road or train tracks. Then again, the sound is clear enough on a bus or a train, and whenever I get to listen properly on these headphones, it seems like the sound leaking isn't a big deal. Some other things people don't usually mention: - The top metal band is extensible and retracts by itself, so it fits really well on the head. Since it retracts, you can't wear it around your neck because they would wrap around it rather than hang. The good thing is they don't shake at all when you run, and you can still hear everything as clearly as if you were just walking or sitting. - Sometimes there is a slight clicking noise with every step you take. This is really easy to adjust by tightening the headphones. - The headphones fold inwards and a hook keeps them from folding out. When folded, they are pretty small (but not flat). Sometimes the hook gets undone which is slightly annoying but thankfully that doesn't happen often. - The cord is a really cool black and white braid of some textile which feels much better than a plastic cord. It never ever gets tangled but sometimes twists on itself, in which case you need to straighten it out. - The headphone jack (end) looks really sturdy and I doubt that the cord is going to separate from the jack like it does in some headphones with straight jacks. The rest of the headphones feels delicate (but not flimsy). I can't say anything on their life time yet.

I own many premium wired and wireless headphones. Think it's an OCD thing, but I do enjoy it! Read many reviews all over the place about these strange looking headphones . I thought it was time to see if it's all a myth. Having seen the "Red hot" version on Amazon for a mere £26, I pressed the buy now. First impressions after nearly cutting myself to bits on the sealed plastic packaging......Oh dear, these look and feel like they were to be given away in a children's raffle! Very small and flimsy looking at first. Started to adjust the sliding headband and realized they could take a bit of rough handling quite easy, if some of you do. Forget the soft/firm adjuster. It just springs back to firm. Even on firm, these feel very comfortable with the thin foam covers. (not exactly cushions) However, they seem to do the job very well. The sound is exactly as many others have stated. One of the best firm bass headphones I've heard without going into serious premium headphone territory. Mids are plentiful with great stereo separation. Vocals are definitely on the warmer side without siblance or fatigue. I gave 4 stars because the cable is not braided as in the images. It's just the standard black pvc coated one. For the price, these unusual little things are worth every penny and deserve the musical acclaim they receive.

Alright so I got them on a pretty neat discount. Back then I wasn't willing to pay the full price, and now that I have one I'm still not convinced on the 50+ cad price. Yeah sure it's wonderful pricing for such a great sounding headphone, but did you ever consider the consequence of taking such a plunge? I mean go on the internet and you'll either find raving reviews saying these are the best in class, or immeasurable disappointment who foolishly set too high of an expectation to get what they expected: Not good enough. When you buy one of these as a hobbyist, you look back at your audio, wondering where you've gone wrong. It's not quite audiophile enough to replace my more expensive, albeit larger sets of headphones, but it's not quite bassy enough to satisfy my basshead beast that's leaching off my life essence (curse you Sony Extrabass and your extra-bassyness that not even the bass the fish can sate my evergrowing lust for extra bass). I'd compare the bass level to what sony throws out on their non-Xtra-Bass lines of headphones. There's enough width to sound to almost pretend I'm in the place of recording... almost. It just lacks that little bit of something that ruins the immersion. Yeah sure it's wide, but what's the point if you're fully aware that what you're listening to is only a sample of what the audiophile world has in store for you? The audio listening hobby quickly shifts from a minor purchase here and there to irresponsible spending in a blink of an eye... and before you know it you've created a black hole in your wallet where your hund-o's used to live. That's what this is, unsatisfying in any way you look at it, if you've gotten a glimpse of what it could've been with a few more tens, hund-o's, or grandies to spend. Build quality is competent, but I wish the clamping force wasn't so hard, and the foam that's supposed to sit on the head to alleviate the problem doesn't reach my big, dumb head. Comfort is there, but not enough. The furthest settings for the "comfortZone" (which adjusts how much pressure the earpads assert on your poor ears) is just not light enough for my sensitive ears. I don't think I can spend a whole day wearing these without my ears getting sore. Good news for glasses wearers though (at least some of them), the pressure is put on the antitragus and the tragus, so though you'll get discomfort (or at least itchiness) in those middle outer parts of your ears, your glasses frame will likely not dig into your skull! But of course your mileage may vary. The cable is not noisy at all, though I don't think that matters much considering that these are open back, and you'll definitely hear the cable whack around furniture due to careless usage. The audio quality, though really good for the price, short of a miracle that everyone claims it to be, and a bit too bassy for ex-bassheads (and not bassy enough for the bassheads). It's a pretty warm sound, but the mids and highs are present enough to make it seem like it just has that extra bass on top of a balanced sound. Sure the driver units can be popped off and attached to other attachments (I've actually gone and put them on a KSC75 earhook), and the foam pad can be replaced with the much more comfortable and better sounding YAXI earpads... however I'm reviewing the product as it's own... and without any accessories (except a "protein leather" egg bag), this product is not good enough for all the praise everyone's screaming out... But that's what it is. Disappointment if and ONLY IF you set your expectations stupidly high based on reviews bowing down before its presence. If you ignore all the fans (somehow) and just buy the product expecting nothing but a 50$-sounding headphones, prepare to have your socks blown off to next sunday cuz this set of headphones is the best retro-style good-sounding headphones for the money! When you buy this, don't expect a giant-killer; Be humble, and you'll get more than you've bargained for. If not, at least these do well as conversation starters and/or room decoration.

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I recommend buying these headphones cuz they stayed years with me and did not go bad ! I love them 🤩😍👍🏻👌🏻👍🏻👌🏻👍🏻

After discovering my sister and her family were totally without tunes recently, I couldn't stand it, so my wife and I gifted her a small stereo system and a fair number of CD's for her birthday, as well a set of these Koss headphones to replace the cheap earbuds she'd been using for ages. She loved the stereo, but incredibly, it's been the headphones over which she totally lost it! ;-) Absolutely loves them! Turns out she wasn't buying the cheap earbuds because she preferred the type or style, but because that's what she could afford. She had only her iPhone and Samsung tablet, but while they weren't too bad in a pinch for videos or movies, their on board 'speaker' systems just weren't capable of reproducing the sort of clean, clear, accurate, full-range and high fidelity stereo sound necessary for music! For that, external speakers or headphones are necessary, and the better the headphones or speakers, the better the music sounds! While nowhere near ideal, the dirt cheap earplugs were better than nothing, not to mention the best she could afford and still pay the bills and feed the family! Now though, not only can she once again enjoy clean, clear, high fidelity music on demand and rock the house with other music lovers, she can instead plug in her new Koss headphones and enjoy music sounding every bit as good or better when all alone or if she just doesn't want to disturb anyone else. The headphones also turned her phone and tablet into the wonderfully portable, full range, high-fi music devices they were designed to be -- great sounding music anywhere! Obviously, my sister is enjoying having great tunes again, but the thing she raves about the most is how much better the new headphones sound than the cheap earbuds to which she'd grown accustomed! She goes on about it so much and so often that eventually, I decided to try a set myself. Why not? The headphones I have honestly sound pretty mediocre, my sister is crazy about 'em, they're ssuper affordable, they sell very well online, they have an overwhelmingly positive history of 4 star and higher reviews and Amazon customer service has my back if I don't like them. I can't lose. ;-) I'm very glad I bought a set for myself. The sound quality is great: clean, clear and uncolored, with accurate, tight bass and a high end that won't grate on your last nerve. If it was recorded, that's what you'll hear. They easily ⁷knock the socks off the more than twice as expensive headset I was using, and the light weight makes them much more comfortable as well. You can just about forget you have them on when you're communing with your muse. ;-) At this price, you can't go wrong! Based on other headsets I've tried over the years, I seriously doubt you could find anything as good for less than a hundred bucks, and that probably is pushing it. Buying them was a no-brainer! ;-) I've never been a huge fan of headphones, but it's a piece of kit that is needed occasionally. So while these Koss headphones accurately and adequately reproduce the music I enjoy, I'm sure they're not perfect. Certainly they are going to come nowhere near the performance level of the best and most expensive headphones out there, whatever those might be, but they're nowhere near the cost either. I happen to be very picky about what the music I love sounds like when it reaches my ears. It took more than five decades of progressively better and yes, more expensive, equipment to finally make my stereo sound "right," but I am completely happy with my fifty dollar Koss Porta vPro headphones. If you have any complaints at all about the headset you're now using, but don't have three hundred plus dollars handy to replace them, this might just be the best fifty bucks you'll ever spend. Great uncolored sound, comfort and affordability makes recommending these easy. Excellent product!

The legend holds up - these headphones are such a pleasure to enjoy my music with. I don't care much for audiophile-this and audiophile-that, these deliver a punchy sound that works for me.