Koss Porta Pro Consumer Headphones

Pros: Koss really delivers an excellent sound with great dynamic range and excellent bass response.
Cons: Classical music is lacking a little something over headphones.

We need headphones. It's hard to bring a quality pair of speakers, an amplifer and CD player with you to the gym or out for a walk or on the subway.  Thus came along the Sony Walkman which has evolved into the Apple iPod.  It seems that ...

Pros: Durable; foldable, smart construction. Lifetime warranty. Good resolution.
Cons: Somewhat too high impedance? Really none.

First of all, it's a bit of surprise that those were called "geeky" and "dorky", probably suggesting they look "cumbersome" or somesuch (the very notion of something being "geeky" or "dorky" is laughable by itself - quite a prejudice for discrimination). ...

Pros: It is rare to find the best quality at an inexpensive price.
Cons: HMMMM - I guess if they were free it would be better.

As usual in my quest for the perfect product, I purchased every other headphone before I purchased the Koss headphones because I just thought that there is no way a $50 headphone will be as good as the $200 Shure ear buds or the Sennheiser (sp). Boy was ...

Pros: Rich sound with punchy deep bass, a good midrange, and excellent voice reproduction
Cons: Somewhat ugly. Foam pads are cheap and rip easily

I've been using my PortaPro's for 4 years now, and on a near daily basis they deliver rich sound with punchy deep bass, a good midrange, and excellent voice reproduction. Quite an excellent all around package that doesn't cheap out on any one sound area. ...

Pros: Good bass, comfortable, compact folding design
Cons: None as yet

I've been looking for headphones like this for a long time. As an admitted bass-aholic, I've been routinely let down by other headphones. Over the years, I've bought and used so many of the highly recommended headphones. AKG K-240, various Sennheisers, ...

Pros: The most sublime acoustic experience you'll ever get from a portable headphone.
Cons: Incompetent design may require you to seek emergency medical attention.

The sound quality of Koss's PortaPro headphones is indeed sublime. My first experience of these headphones was like having music seamlessly streamed into my tertiary auditory cortex. So it is no wonder that they are now the stuff of legend. ...

Pros: Sportswear, comfortable, massive-bass, foldable, portable. They are KOSS
Cons: Bass can get boomy, sound leakage

Note : This is a review about the SPORTApro headphones. I will compare those to the Portapros. Both names are very similar, just to make sure no one gets confused the ones IN questions here are the SPORTApro, the new model from KOSS (2000). The ...

Pros: Amazing bass, tight crisp highs, great value for price
Cons: 80's design, somewhat tight for those with big heads

These still amaze me. I bought them after searching the web for reviews of portable headphones with good bass. You can scour the web and the only negative thing you'll hear about these PortaPros is that they're not the most stylin' phones around. They ...

Pros: Sublime sound performance. Light-weight, portable. Durable. Affordable!
Cons: sound leakage, not very fashionable

I bought those headphones 4 years ago and they changed my listening experience for life! I've never heard better sound quality. Not to mention the comfort and ease of use and portability. I paid around 60$ at an electronics local store in Quebec, Canada ...

Pros: Sound great, foldable, cool carrying case, 1/4 inch converter.
Cons: Looks cheap. Bass is a bit overpowering. Performs badly when used in a home HIFI.

Getting the package: I ordered my Koss SportaPros online and received it in about 2 days. The first thing I said when I opened the packaged, was "These things look bad, ugh!". It looks like it was put together by sticky tape and glue. After that, I ...

Pros: Inexpensive price, punchy bass, Portability, Great with low powered devices
Cons: May find bass exaggerated, Catches hair easily, Dorky styling

I walked into a J&R and a salesman showed me his personal pair of PortaPro's. I then proceeded to hook my iPod to the portaPro's. Whoa. I was sold like that. Sound Quality: The bass in the beginning seems uneven, and even a little bit exaggerated, ...

Pros: Great sound, extremely portable
Cons: they look funny on my head

I need to start with a small preface, I love sound, I’m obsessed with it, and I listen to sound all day and all night on all different speakers and TV’s and car systems. Due to my audiophile nature it is very possible there are things that would ...

Pros: Excellent sound quality & portability
Cons: Long cord can get in the way when jogging

I have had my Koss Sportapro's for approximately 4 months and really enjoy them. I've plugged them ...

Pros: Comfort. Sound. Comfort. Sound. Did I mention, comfort and sound?
Cons: People will give a double take. Weak cord connection to earpieces. Not good on plane.

The fact that Koss has had the Portapros in their product lineup for well over a decade, without changing, means something. Unlike many reviewers of these types of things, I tried a few headphones here and there, but really spent months looking for ...

Pros: excellent sound!
Cons: doofy looking; bulky.

i listen to music on the go all the time: commuting to/from work; at the gym; while walking around the city; while rollerblading. i switched over to minidisc technology a year and a half ago (smartest move i ever made). i ALWAYS used koss portapros with...