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Are these Porta Pro's Real or Fake?

post #1 of 10
10/2/12 at 2:32pm
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I miss porta pro alot, so was searching on ebay to purchase one.

 

I thought there was only blue one...but while i was searching on ebay, there are blue, yellow, white, red, black.

 

Also, it looks like there are two types of packaging.

 

I am assuming some of those are fake..?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Storm-Edition-KOSS-Porta-Pro-PortaPro-On-Ear-Stereo-Headphones-/120992173917?pt=US_Headphones&hash=item1c2bb20f5d

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KOSS-Porta-Pro-PortaPro-Classic-Folding-HiFi-Stereo-On-Ear-Headphones-/160877467403?pt=US_Headphones&hash=item25750b570b

 

Thanks.

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post #2 of 10
10/4/12 at 12:59am
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Originally Posted by juntom10 View Post

I miss porta pro alot, so was searching on ebay to purchase one.

I thought there was only blue one...but while i was searching on ebay, there are blue, yellow, white, red, black.

Also, it looks like there are two types of packaging.

I am assuming some of those are fake..?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Storm-Edition-KOSS-Porta-Pro-PortaPro-On-Ear-Stereo-Headphones-/120992173917?pt=US_Headphones&hash=item1c2bb20f5d

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KOSS-Porta-Pro-PortaPro-Classic-Folding-HiFi-Stereo-On-Ear-Headphones-/160877467403?pt=US_Headphones&hash=item25750b570b

Thanks.

Fake protapro has very bad built and can be distinguish from real ones right away from inspection. Ask for photos of the headphones and compare them.
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post #3 of 10
10/4/12 at 9:31am

Why they would make fake headphones for a pair that is so inexpensive is beyond me. Mine are just like the ones in the link.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Koss-PortaPro-Headphones-with-Case/dp/B00001P4ZH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349368228&sr=8-1&keywords=koss+portapro

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post #4 of 10
10/4/12 at 5:35pm
Chinese copies are able to make it very cheap. My dealer already spot some out there and report it in a video review of the Portapro at munkong gadget review section.
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post #5 of 10
10/11/12 at 4:21pm

The storm edition are fake  . koss doesnt even offer them on there website.  i contacted koss and they  told me they do not make theme..I purchased mine from amazon,  they are an authorized koss dealer. This was the first time i purchased what I would consider real headphones . Iwas almost suckerd into buyng the fake ones .Also amazon has the lowest prices

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post #6 of 10
11/21/12 at 1:57am

Hi to all, this is my first post.

 

Think earphone could be original, found on amazon too:

http://www.amazon.com/Edition-PortaPro-On-Ear-Headphones-original/dp/B0092ZS150

 

Regards

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post #7 of 10
1/5/13 at 11:28am

It looks like theyre only available in Scandinavia. Ive got mine since this Christmas and they were bought in Norway but IDK in which e-shop. It was a gift :)

1000

 

1000

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post #8 of 10
1/5/13 at 5:32pm

I bought mine (classic blue) on a local shop (i can vouch that they only sell authentic cans) and it came with a new black box, not the blisterpack, i compared it on the net, and i can pretty much confirm that it is authentic. amazon also uses the same black box packaging.

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post #9 of 10
1/17/13 at 2:04pm
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Originally Posted by panson View Post

The storm edition are fake  . koss doesnt even offer them on there website.  i contacted koss and they  told me they do not make theme..I purchased mine from amazon,  they are an authorized koss dealer. This was the first time i purchased what I would consider real headphones . Iwas almost suckerd into buyng the fake ones .Also amazon has the lowest prices


Thnx for the info. I was just about to order these on amazon.com, but decided to research them a little first. Its too bad, because these look awesome in different colors.

 

Edit:

Just got off live chat with Koss and they do make multicolored Koss portapro's for certain countries outside the US. I forgot to ask if they actually make the Storm edition though.

I cannot post pics yet, but heres the screenshot of my chat.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3035/kossportapro.jpg


Edited by KaHuNaZ - 1/17/13 at 2:50pm
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post #10 of 10
2/22/13 at 12:21am

I just bought a black-box version of Koss Porta Pro Classic from World-Wide Stereo via Amazon in US.  This version has a L-shaped plug which is not compatible with my iPhone 2G. It also doesn't have the 6.3mm adapter.


Edited by valleynomad - 2/22/13 at 12:09pm
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