[spacemanspliff]

recabled with canare(sp?) starcable I believe are the ones I have. the ksc75 is a silly good headphone amped. I will try them with my SQ-84 amp soon which should be fairly ridiculous overkill. (the amp is 10 watts per channel as a speaker amp and has one of the best headphone amps I have ever heard.)

 

[appar111]

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Originally Posted by spacemanspliff /img/forum/go_quote.gif recabled with canare(sp?) starcable I believe are the ones I have. the ksc75 is a silly good headphone amped. I will try them with my SQ-84 amp soon which should be fairly ridiculous overkill. (the amp is 10 watts per channel as a speaker amp and has one of the best headphone amps I have ever heard.)

Is the canare starcable the real skinny stuff? (at least compared to the regular canare starquad cable)

I'd like to have a pair of KSC-75's recabled with some really good copper cable to see if there are any sonic improvements.

 

[uraflit]

i find the ksc75's so enjoyable with a simple muvo and pa2v2... even unamped they sound great. i kinda regret not buying another pair when they had it on amazon for $13 a pair...

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by appar111 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is the canare starcable the real skinny stuff? (at least compared to the regular canare starquad cable) I'd like to have a pair of KSC-75's recabled with some really good copper cable to see if there are any sonic improvements.

i had a pair of KSC35's recabled with Moon Audio Blue Dragon (yep, the stuff they put on the recabled Qualias and GS1000s, i know, overkill) and i kid you not, some ears more discerning than mine preferred them to HF-1s. Including my not-so-discerning ears.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by appar111 /img/forum/go_quote.gif D'oh! Actually, the ER6's sounded really great w/ Primus' "Brown Album" and "Tales from the Punchbowl".

Don't mind me, I'm just your friendly neighborhood Ety-hater

 

[GreatDane]

Some of you may remember my PX-100 vs. KSC75 from last week, the Koss easily won the battle for me. Since then I've been using the KSC75 with a shuffle at work and the combo sounds very good considering how small the shuffle is.

...but to my ears there's no way in hell that the KSC75 sounds better than my ER4P. I've tried some of my amps with the KSC75 and it does improve but still not to the level that my ER4P does using my Supermini IV. I use bass boost, +75 Ohms, low gain w/ no crossfeed.

With the ety there's more bass...deeper,tighter,more accurate,etc.(remember I'm using bass boost), more accurate mids and highs with easily more detail. They are much more involving for me. I can say that I hear a very nice improvement with the P>S conversion.

It is a bit silly to compare such an inexpensive open can (I paid $25) to one that costs 7+ times more (and is an IEM), but here we are. It is amazing that the KSC75 can come as close as it does. For me the KSC75 is very fun to listen to, I think the low cost makes it especially exciting-knowing how little I spent.

Like others have noted before...if you don't own the KSC75 and have never heard them, go buy them now . We need a KSC75 smilie.

 

[Wmcmanus]

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Originally Posted by uraflit /img/forum/go_quote.gif i find the ksc75's so enjoyable with a simple muvo and pa2v2... even unamped they sound great. i kinda regret not buying another pair when they had it on amazon for $13 a pair...

That's what they are now, more or less. I've just ordered 5 pairs from eek Technology (via Amazon). The price was $8.69 each plus $18.85 shipping, so $62.30 in total or $12.46 each. For one pair it's $7.85 shipping so your total would be $16.54.

(What am I going to do with 5 pairs? I like to give music-related items to my nieces and nephews for Christmas and their birthdays.)

 

[kiwirugby]

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Originally Posted by Jahn /img/forum/go_quote.gif i had a pair of KSC35's recabled with Moon Audio Blue Dragon (yep, the stuff they put on the recabled Qualias and GS1000s, i know, overkill) and i kid you not, some ears more discerning than mine preferred them to HF-1s. Including my not-so-discerning ears.

I did the same with my KSC75s and my DT880s don't get the same work out as they used to! Over the top???? Nah! Right Jahn?

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by kiwirugby /img/forum/go_quote.gif I did the same with my KSC75s and my DT880s don't get the same work out as they used to! Over the top???? Nah! Right Jahn?

quoted for "nah" truth

 

[TheMarchingMule]

It's weird for me; with even a Jumbo Cryo dock and a Hornet, I find so little difference between the headphone out and the setup that I am a bit sad.

Saves size and space I guess in the long run.

 

[kuden]

damn these "KSC75 better than most" threads how is a person supposed to gear himself to spending 300$+ on headphones\IEM if these 15$ headphones are so good

 

[uraflit]

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Originally Posted by kuden /img/forum/go_quote.gif damn these "KSC75 better than most" threads how is a person supposed to gear himself to spending 300$+ on headphones\IEM if these 15$ headphones are so good

easy. you buy the ksc's, pair them up with your source, and RUN LIKE HELL.

 

[plywood99]

A iem with the ksc75 sound and the fit of a um2 would be unbeatable. And I could quit spending money...


Ply

 

[ronmtorres]

i love my ksc-75 too!! they sound great, especially for their price

 

[doomlordis]

About your kenwood amp , i have a Sony RH1 hi-md, it also has a digital amp (one that doesnt have white noise

)anyway i use it with ksc75 , result = amazing detail , so amazing it has exposed all my Mp3s under 192 as crap! I can hear all the artifacts as clear as day now..
Anyway with music encoded at 192+ it sounds sublime!!!