Headphones
Koss KSC 75
We've always loved the long-runnning Koss KSC-series models; they simply sound great for the money. The Koss KSC75 is a "clip-on" style headphone for applications where a headphone with a headband just won't work. Whether it's Mom not wanting to muss her hair, an active skateboarder or biker wearing a helmet, or maybe you just wear cool hats, these little headphones won't fail to surprise with a great listening experience at a bargain price.
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Product Features:
- Titanium drivers delivers excellent sound at this price.
- Open design lets you remain aware of surroundings.
- Clips securely to ears with good comfort & stability.
- Killer Koss lifetime warranty.
Applications:
The sound is quite good and the wearing comfort is too on these handy-dandy little 'clip-on' earphones. We've been recommending this line from Koss for nearly 20 years now, and they've always been amongst the very best-sounding things available on the market at the lower end of the price scale. The KSC-75 are perfect for the extra-active listener needing an inexpensive pair of headphones that you don't have to worry about sweating up in the gym, fitting under your sport helmet or using with that groovy skullcap. And because the open-design earpieces won't completely seal off the ear canal, city dwellers maintain needed situational awareness for deftly dodging traffic on the latest multi-wheeled aggro-toy or metropolitan transportation of choice.
With silver plastic spaceship earpieces and frost-clear ear clips that look rather like 1950s wire-rims, these headphones -- like most other 'ear-clip' category of headphones -- are rather unique-looking and may perhaps feel a bit weird on a few extra-sensitive earlobes; for some listeners, they may take a bit of acclimation time to get to feeling comfortable. The Koss KSC-75 come with a mobile-oriented 4ft headphone cable terminated in an 'easy-on-the-jack' 90-degree [right-angled] 1/8" (3.5mm) mini-plug ideal for iPods, iPads, iPhones and MP3 players. That standard Koss limited lifetime warranty sure is sweet; if they break, Koss fixes or replaces for life -- so keep that '100% authorized dealer' HeadRoom purchase receipt!
Specifications:
- Sensitivity: 101 dB/mW
- Cord Type: Straight Y
- Coupler Size: Small
- Cord Length: 4 ft. (1.2 m)
- Weight: 1.5
- Manufacturer Warranty: Lifetime warranty
- Microphone: No
- Driver Type: Dynamic
- Detachable Cable: No
- Isolation: 0
- Connector Type: 1/8"
- Ear Coupler Type: Earpad
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 60
- Wireless: No
- Headphone Type: Clip-on
- Noise Cancelling: No
- Warranty: LIFETIME
- Acoustic Seal: Open
Additional Resources:
- Manufacturer's Website
- Koss
- Product Reviews
- Playlist Review
Average Rating
Posted by Gunner from Sydney on 2010-07-23
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Cheap, surprising sound quality, mobility
Cons: Comfort is hit and miss, ugly, often annoying to put on
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Posted by raputznik from Van, BC Canada on 2010-07-19
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Cheap, Good Sound, Very Mobile
Cons: Quiet, Outside sound gets in
Warning: there are very forward-sounding without EQ, and I have to use the Bass Boost setting on my iphone to get the sound I like, so I would not recommend these to an enthusiast who does not have any EQ options on their player.
But all in all, absolutely amazing for the price and a great choice for day-to-day beaters!
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Posted by Zhimbo from Queens, NY on 2010-06-22
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Ridiculously cheap, but good sound!
Cons: A tad ugly, not terribly sturdy
But for the price, they sounded so darn good, that I got a pair to use at my desk at work. It's a pretty quiet work environment, so I don't need closed phones, and I wasn't interested in shelling out a lot of money for another set of phones. I'm very pleased. They sound a bit too "crisp" perhaps, and aren't the most detailed sounding phones - but, c'mon, for 20 bucks or so I've never heard better, not even close.
They look a little weird, and may need to be adjusted a bit to fit well (the clips are bendable!).
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