Hi Gents.
I've been reading some of the posts here about the DJ100 and man it's quite obvious that not many headphones create such a stir as these Koss "kans" have done! Budget King is definitely the right moniker!
I just picked up a pair myself here in Toronto from a Winners store, brand new in the box. I was hemming and hawing about it as I just haven't seen or heard much buzz about Koss phones in awhile, but I just had to try them out because....the price was a paltry $39.99!!
After reading that these are the same phones as the Tony Bennett model (which I have seen in a Staples Store for $149.99) I new that I had scored big time!!
I tried them straight out of the box with no burn-in whatsoever (I totally believe in burn-in. If you do not, buy Grados and then you will) and after getting used to the nasal honkiness in the midrange, I started to become accustomed to their sound and really got into them to the point that I just didn't want to remove them from my head for awhile. The clarity and detail of these things is superb for "budget cans"! I need to burn them in more by just playing more music while listening (mainly jazz) but so far very promising! Hopefully that slightly canned midrange quality will subside. Yes?
I really don't have much of a problem so far with the pads. Maybe my ears don't stick out too much, but I see that the M50 pads is the way to go for these. Is it difficult to remove the stock pads and install the M50 pads?
Anyway I will post more thoughts after more burn-in.
Cheers!
It's very easy. To remove the pads just lightly pull on the edges of the pad and it comes off.
To attach M50 pads, just hold them in place against the cup and work your way around and stuff the edges of the pad into the "cracks". It's way easier than it sounds.
I can now do it easily in less than 30 seconds for each side.
I wonder if "Tuesday Morning" US stores still have the TB version for $50. That's where I got mine. I still would like to try the DJ200 just to know for what what it's like.
I imagine it's just the replacement for the TB version.
My last few DJ100s or TBs did not need any burn in at all. I guess I was lucky or something! I've had a couple that didn't sound great out of the box. I guess it's because it's a titanium driver and needs to break in. One time I ever had two to compare at the same time.
Burn in time is so weird because i've never had a headphone require more than a week of use. Even my K702 and Q701s sounded great out of the box.
Still wish Koss could do a major redesign of this to get rid of the round shape and be a little more comfortable stock. Maybe a less portable design or something.
Heck, they could use it's driver and even make a good gaming headphone. Koss always had headphones that were not exactly known for their comfort.
They should experiment and make a fully open headphone with it's driver, but somehow figure out a way to keep the DJ100s bass or get close. Probably impossible.