Hey guys, just wanted to share my experiences with the Koss KDX 200, which I originally found on the Koss website, and after some digging, found this thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/584482/review-the-50-koss-kdx200-an-audiophile-detective-story James gave a nice little review on these, and...

Lol I love the "self proclaimed audiophile" who bought beats....it is odd she talked to the guy from Headroom and still ended up recommending some decidedly poor headphones.

The thing is, I checked that, and I don't have any equalizers on in any of the programs, and I wasn't using any volume limiters either. So I have no explanation for it. Crazy, I know, but could it be possible winamp has a processing so much better I can actually tell the difference? lol

What about a pair of Sony SS-B1000's and a stereo amp? That would run right around $150, and From my limited experience, is probably these best you'll do on the new market. (And later you could replace the speakers with something a bit higher end for not too much money, as there's quite a glut...

So, being somehow dissatisfied with both itunes and windows media player's playback of cd's (my high(er) end dvd sounded considerably better.) I decided to try out Winamp. For one reason or another, Winamp sounds better to me...less Compressed I guess? For some reason the high end seems a tad...

Gahh!! So wish I had 2 grand to drop on one of these! but, alas, I have not even close to the extra funds needed.... Oh well that's why the Nad 3020 and good used speakers are around :D

I think it's mainly because other companies haven't marketed their products as well. Having somebody famous and a good marketing team does really make a difference. The beats pro (the $450 ones) I thought sounded rather good. In some ways I even found them better than my $65 koss pro4 aats. lol...