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PX100 or Portapros for modern rock?

post #1 of 11
2/14/05 at 1:43am
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Hi. I've been a Koss Sportapro user for quite a few years now and I'm quite satisfied with them. I'm wondering, which are superior for playing back modern rock? The Senn PX100 or Portapros? I observed everyone mentioned boosted bass on the Portapros. Would this be a similar characteristic to the Sportapros I'm accustomed to? As a modern rock affionado, I value an accurate kick drum that has woof, bass guitar tone, and chunky electric guitar distortion tone. If the PX100's are more laid back as everyone says, will I be missing one of these characteristics? If so, I think I want Portapros...otherwise...?
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post #2 of 11
2/14/05 at 1:45am
i'd get the PortaPros. they kick butt for rock.
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post #3 of 11
2/14/05 at 1:47am
Sounds like you want the Koss.
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post #4 of 11
2/14/05 at 2:15am
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Ok jsut making sure cuz that one store sponsored on this site gave the PX100 half a record more, hehe.
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post #5 of 11
2/14/05 at 2:22am
take headroom's ratings with a grain of salt. i mean, look at the ratings they give the grados
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post #6 of 11
2/14/05 at 2:35am
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Originally Posted by PostGrungeJunky
Hi. I've been a Koss Sportapro user for quite a few years now and I'm quite satisfied with them. I'm wondering, which are superior for playing back modern rock? The Senn PX100 or Portapros? I observed everyone mentioned boosted bass on the Portapros. Would this be a similar characteristic to the Sportapros I'm accustomed to? As a modern rock affionado, I value an accurate kick drum that has woof, bass guitar tone, and chunky electric guitar distortion tone. If the PX100's are more laid back as everyone says, will I be missing one of these characteristics? If so, I think I want Portapros...otherwise...?
I'm listening to PX100s right now with rock.

Go with the Koss headphones.

I'd recommend the KSC75s/KSC35s if you want to make a favorable impression with the ladies...
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post #7 of 11
2/14/05 at 2:46am
You can get now the protapro2 that is the same as the protapro, for about $30.00, I got two pairs and they rock man, for protable use and rock, they sound pretty decent....Place them in the cart:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...onics&n=507846
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post #8 of 11
2/14/05 at 4:16am
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How much of an improvement are the Portapros over the Sportapros? One of the reasons I wanna invest in Portapros is cuz one of the foam pads came off after years of coming in and out of my backpack.
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post #9 of 11
2/14/05 at 4:33am
I vote for the porta. If you have an extra ~$65 add a cmoy to that and it will sound superb.

Garrett
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post #10 of 11
2/14/05 at 5:52am
I vote for the Koss PortaPro... more correct in the tibre of the instruments, a little less tight in the bass but more musical all around. Incredible harmonic defiition (for the price) in mid-high and highs regions.

Bye
Andrea
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post #11 of 11
2/14/05 at 6:28am
PX100 has great definition/articulation for its price in the midbass area, and the bass is also fast and tight; only maybe a little bit overstated in its balance, but the Portapro won't really be an improvement here .
The only thing that could hold me back from recommending the PX100 for rock are its rather sweet highs.
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