[poonpower]

Well, I think my drivers are almost dead, I hear these stat noises when Im watching movies and listening to music, and its usually when there are a lot of sounds going on and when the bass is heavy.

I want to either send them in for a replacement pair, or go for something that sounds similar to the ksc75. On the cheap, preferably not more expensive than say.... a pk2. Has to be open or earbuds type.

What options are there?

 

[Akathisia]

I would just send your KSC75's in for repair, and then decide whether or not you are listening to music too loud. From what I have listened too, the SQ improvement from a $15 KSC75 to a $150 headphone is negligible and not worth the extra cash.

 

[kikkomang]

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Originally Posted by Akathisia /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would just send your KSC75's in for repair, and then decide whether or not you are listening to music too loud. From what I have listened too, the SQ improvement from a $15 KSC75 to a $150 headphone is negligible and not worth the extra cash.

uh don't you mean 150 to 1000?

 

[F107plus5]

For a pair of open headphones that sound quite similar to KSC75, I would suggest at least looking at the MS-1.

I would also suggest getting the KSC75 replaced. Free is a good price for these great little cans!

....the MS-1 can be quite addictive, however.

 

[bperboy]

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Originally Posted by F107plus5 /img/forum/go_quote.gif For a pair of open headphones that sound quite similar to KSC75, I would suggest at least looking at the MS-1. I would also suggest getting the KSC75 replaced. Free is a good price for these great little cans! ....the MS-1 can be quite addictive, however.

Free yes, but you do have to pay shipping, correct? By that time, its half the cost of the cans, so, logically, you should get a pair of HD580s!

 

[Caribou679]

Koss Lifetime garantee, send $7 to cover shipping back.

I would get a pair of Koss Sportapro, IMO, they give better or same sound quality than the Koss KSC75

 

[poonpower]

i was pondering on whether to get the ms1 or not, because it has worldwide free shipping, and it seems to get everyone's attention. I wanna just send it in first, and try the new ones to see if I wanna change them or not. If not, then maybe, just maybe, I'll get the ms1.
haha

 

[qazwsx]

How about both? Send your KSC75's to Koss for 6 bucks, and buy a pair of MS1's. Then you'll have a good starter portable phone and a good starter home phone. So that would be the price equivalent of paying the shipping for the MS1's yet having two headphones.

 

[dap_pad]

Well I have both and the differences in their sound quality is evident, but only when your really paying attention to your music.

 

[AudioCats]

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Originally Posted by Akathisia /img/forum/go_quote.gif From what I have listened too, the SQ improvement from a $15 KSC75 to a $150 headphone is negligible and not worth the extra cash.

Now what kind of $150 phone will that be?

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by dap_pad /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well I have both and the differences in their sound quality is evident, but only when your really paying attention to your music.

That's true. They do have quite similar presentations. But what I had noticed going back and forth between the two listening through an amp, is that the differences seem small at first, but after hearing them for a while, it gets hard to go back to the KSC75 for more serious listening. After a while the differences did seem more pronounced.

...of course I liked the sound so much that I ended up springing for the MS2i to bring out the differences even further.

 

[Wid]

I too would get the KSC 75s fixed, for 7 bucks it's hard to beat a new set of 75s. You could always try a set of Portapros.

 

[captian73]

i'd have to go along with the Alessandro MS-1, if you're into that sort of thing!