OK, I admit it. I am a follower! (That was hard for a guy who claims to be a techno-geek)
Just recently I bought a pair of Koss PortaPro headphones to replace my crappy earplugs. The PortaPro has been in the market for over 20 years, launched in 1984, and is just as image building as the iPod for portable music, and they are more popular than ever. I must admit that is quite impressive.
The PortaPro sounds great, maybe a little too much BASS, but very open and clear. They are also very comfortable to wear, and they have a open construction, meaning you hear the surroundings good as well (important feature to avoid being hit by a bus or bicycle sneaking up from behind :-). I can now even look street cool and listen to good music at the same time.
Source of music from this brief test was Steely Dan’s Aja, which is a fantastic album, encoded and compressed at 192 kbps WMA and played back from my Sony Walkman. I haven’t tested the PortaPro on my Hi-Fi setup yet, and I very much doubt they will even get close to my AKG K 240 studio monitors, but then again, they weren’t designed for that purpose either.
Please share your experience!
I will buy them in 2 Weeks. (:
Good! I hope you will be as happy with yours as I am with mine. Please tell me about your experience when you have got them and tried them out.
Where did you buy them? I’m surprised stores don’t carry them when people seem to love them so much (they’re the only ones on CNET.com under $150 to get a rating over 8) — guess I’ll have to buy them online and wait, but I’d love to run out and get a pair
I bought mine at SIBA in Gothenburg for SEK 299 ($50 with today’s currency). I know some record stores carry them as well. Good luck in your search!
Vær hilset Geir Ove.
“The PortaPro sounds great, maybe a little too much base, but very open and clear”.
Kanskje det heller skulle stå “Maybe a little too much BASS”? Ellers sier jeg meg saktens enig. Selv kan jeg besmykke meg med samme teknologiske hodepynt; man ser kanskje fjollete ut, men ørene har det iallfall fantastisk. Altså intet å utsette på Koss porta Pro – selv etter nærmere 3 år i min varetekt.
Ærbødigst hilsen den stemmen inne i ditt hode som snakker når du leser noe (også kjent som tidligere klassekamerat Sir Henning).