The bass can be boomy at times on the Portapro. I prefer the sound on the Sennheiser PX100, Koss KSC75, or Koss KTXpro1. For those who do like the Portapro sound, the Koss Sportapro sounds almost exactly the same as the Portapro but looks different and is around half the price.
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