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Hahahaha JVC everywhere! How do the flats compare to portapros?
The JVC Flats HA-S160 has much more neutral sound than the Portapro. It also has much better treble. Even if they were the same price, I would prefer the HA-S160. The Portapro is around 3X the price of the HA-S160. The JVC HA-S600 is rather large. Imo the more compact HA-S650 is much better than the HA-S600.
Imo instead of the Portapro, if you don't want the HA-S160 or HA-S650, then you should consider the Sennheiser PX100II. I have the original PX100 and like it even better than the HA-S160, and almost as much as the HA-S650. The HA-S650 is also warm sounding like the PX100II and Portapro, however it has so much more detail than the Portapro.
I bought my Portapro over 10 years ago.
Another interesting headphone around $50 is the Koss pro DJ100. I don't have this one yet, but might buy it eventually.
I can't believe it is priced so close to the Portapro. It seems like it should be worth at least twice as much as the Portapro.