[chewmanji]

Hullo,

So I was at school, all ready to hit the bus and go home, gearing up with my MD and Koss's. Then I hit the play button on my MD. Music starts playing. What also begins is a rustling like sound coming from the right driver. Sound like something in there is loose, kind of like a piece of paper or something.

.

. And now, unless I find some magical way of fixing them, I have no way of acquiring more KSC35's easily here in Vancouver.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

blech.

 

[SBomm]

Take a look at this thread http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&threadid=1568.
It looks like the KSC-50 is the same as the KSC-35 except the 50 has the big back on it. You might try taking apart a pair of the 50s and using your 35's earclips.

Edit: If they really are broken.

 

[Buddha]

Quite often a small piece of foam or a hair gets caught and vibrates against the driver ...

 

[puppyslugg]

According to the Koss site, the ksc35 has a lifetime warranty:

Quote:

Your stereophone is covered under the Lifetime Warranty Policy. To have your product serviced, please send the product along with $6.00 each for shipping and handling to the correct address for your location: Koss Corporation 4129 N. Port Washington Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53212 1-800-USA-KOSS

 

[puppyslugg]

Nevermind.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

There goes the theory that nobody complains about Koss phones not working, flying out the window.

 

[puppyslugg]

My Porta Pro's did break, and it ws probably my own fault. But Koss repaired/replaced them for $6!

 

[gswpete]

Take off the pads and blow air towards the driver. If there's any foam inside it should come out now. That's how I fixed mine.

 

[mr man]

If you send your 35s in for repair, don't expect to get a new pair of 35s back. Lately they've been giving back 50s.

 

[swalker]

Hope those KSC35s are ok.... My pair was completely destroyed and they got sucked into the vacuum, and I liked them a lot! Grrr....

 

[DLP]

If it's just a slight rustling/rattling sound, don't worry about, it should go away soon. I have had about 4 different kinds of the PortaPro drivers, all of them develop something in one ear and it goes away relatively soon.

 

[TMC]

Quote:

Originally posted by Buddha Quite often a small piece of foam or a hair gets caught and vibrates against the driver ...

That's what the salesman told me too when I got the KSC35 a few days ago. Just take off the foam and blow some air (preferably without spitting

) on it to get rid of whatever the crap that might be stuck in there.

 

[RobertR]

I got an old pair of portas which developed a rattle in one ear piece . When I took the foam off there was a small crack in the plastic housing which I simply fixed with a little tape. The drivers were ok and still work

 

[Rizumu]

I have to do this routinely with my Portapros to keep them from buzzing and driving me crazy. Take off the drivers, take off the pads, take any hair out of the pads, blow in the drivers, and put it all back together. That fixes the problem for me.

 

[Trounce]

I just today received my third pair of PortaPros - my dog had eaten/destroyed my last two and Koss replaced them for "free"... costs $7 to get them repaired and $15 to use Purolator to send them back. Oh well.