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Cade

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Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 05:45 pm:

I am looking for the best valued headphones for the $15-30 range. I had some Sony h.ear, which seemed to work fine. I also have some iPod earbuds. How do those compare to other earbuds?

Cal

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Username: Caldera

Post Number: 14
Registered: Nov-05

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 05:39 am:

If you want the best headphones in this price range, you must go with open air, rather than buds. There are two options I recommend: the Koss SportaPro and the Koss KTXPRO1, at about $21 and $14 respectively on buy.com. For about $37 you can get the Koss PortaPro. They all use titanium coated drivers, and produce incredible bass, and clear as a bell treble.
For earbuds, the issue is murkier. I use a Philips earbud that is $20 at Target that is designed in the ipod style. It has a volume control and is extremely efficient. It is not designed to be pushed deep into the ear, but fit loosely.
It does not have as much treble, but if you have an equilizer, it responds nicely to about a 2 db high end boost.
But if you want great sound, go with the Koss open headphones. The PortaPro offer near audiophile quality, and are recommended by a headphone review website as the best thing under $50.

Cal

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Username: Caldera

Post Number: 15
Registered: Nov-05

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 05:43 am:

PS, if you do get the Koss, or probably any headphones, try breaking them in very gently.
Put on some music with mostly high end, and minimal bass. Play it at a very low volume for at least a few hours. Turn up the volume a notch and repeat, etc. Avoid loud pounding bass until you feel you have the headphones broken in for clear mids and highs. This should give you headphones that produce more detail. At least that is what I found when I broke in two Koss Porta Pros, one without a slow break in, the other with. The sound is clearly different.

Mona Jackson

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Username: Anom6789

Arizona
United States

Post Number: 3
Registered: Jun-06

Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 09:24 pm:

(This is an old topic but I'm btinging it up again.)

A really, REALLY good pair of headphones are Philips's HS520s. They're only $15 but deliever a really nice bass sound, not as good but almost as good as Sony's MDREX51s.

Christopher M.

Silver Member