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portapro anyone?
portapro anyone?
Think you got a winner there... Which "higher teir", more expensive phone would u put them up against?
Koss KSC75s modded onto a headband, and with quarter-mod on its pads, are freakishly good. IMO more balanced-sounding and with better timbre than most headphones under $400.
Relative to headphones costing under $400 that I've recently auditioned or own, I prefer its sound over Audio Technica M50, Hifiman HE300, AKG Q701, YUIN G2A, Grado Sr60i, in no particular order.
Well sir, now that is an intriguing statement. I just might have to rustle me up a pair to play around with.
Yeah, I was surprised too. I've had my KSC75s for years now, never realized its true potential until I've actually gone quite a ways through this hobby, auditioning and buying lots of great (and not so great) headphones. The particular headband Ive clicked the KSC75s into at the moment is a Portapro headband that my friend gave to me when his portapro driver broke, it has the identical driver-securing mechanism as the KSC75 clips do. And the quarter mod is just cutting quarter-sized holes I cut out in the foam. Do NOT use other types of pleather pads, they actually offset the balanced nature of the sound a lot; the stock foam is the best.
I really think Koss could use the KSC75 drivers, make em into Grado-style on-ear sealed headband headphones, sell em for $200, and people will dig the sound a lot. Kind of what the "StratoKOSSer" is (on the full-sized headphones forum). The dangling earclip design just kills the potential of these little guys completely, what a shame.
Do you use any other mods on them?
Kramer, ohm adaptor or recable?
Nope. I actually did Kramer mod on a pair long ago, but really all it does is bring out the treble more, which is unnecessary since the headband clamp + quarter mod already gets the treble to a balanced level compared to the rest of the spectrum.
I don't bother with more complex mods like what you mention there, and that's sort of against the spirit of this particular thread anyway. Like sfoclt mentions a few posts above, heavy labor/cost-intensive DIYing is a whole different story.
Ok thx
Gonna order a pair or the ksc 75 and put on my never used porta pros which i find too muddy and see how i like it
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Currently eyeing the Sony XBA1's as the next hidden gem under $100. There was no discernable difference between these and the dual driver models on reviews but i cant justify the triple and quad driver prices for the XBA line unless they really are outrageously great... verdict's still out.