KOSS headphones are considered flat ?...

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OK, I was just listening to a set of KOSS headphones a friend of mine has just got. It's quite cheap (30$) but seems to have a good and quite flat sound. I was about to get new a set of headphones and would like to ask if KOSS are generally flat headphones and how good do you think their 30$ pair can be ?

I don't know the model, but I found a picture at KOSS's site where the set is very much similiar to the one I am talking about, only that they are light brown (and not infrared as the set on the picture shows)

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Neither pair of Koss headphones that I have kicking around are even remotely flat, and they both cost more than that model. The cheaper Koss 'phones (at least the cheaper Koss pair I have) are actually pretty lousy. The slightly-more-expensive rebranded Koss pair I have blows the other pair away. But it's really only like going from an AM transistor radio to a boom box with bass boost.

Perhaps I've had an atypical experience, but my next pair of 'phones won't be from Koss.

My cheap Koss pair is midrangey, lacks low bass response and is shy in bass in general, and lacking in high end, and sounds "cheap". The other pair sounds nice, but not necessariy great or accurate.... there's a definite bass boost and the highs are rolled off.
 
Yo GilWe of EwLig:

Koss? Bah, humbug.

Try a pair of Beyer 770 cans and you will hear good sounds, flat or Pffffattt.

Green Hornet:o :D :p :p :p :cool:
 
$30 for FLAT headphones - %@#XZ?!!!!!!

Try AKG 240DF or 270S Models......and expect to pay around $200 USD for a decent set of cans....that resemble anything like a FLAT playing field :-)

KEV
 
I think that 30$ pair is an 80s model actually as I couldn't find them among KOSS's current models. It is actually the same model that is on the picture (it looks exactly the same) only that they are not wireless, so I guess it's one of their better phones... anyway.
 
I'm a little puzzled... why is it you want headphones that are flat?

Most people use headphones for tracking. The primary requirements are that they give good isolation (closed design) and are efficient enough to be cranked loud enough for the musicians needs without distortion. Flat rarely enters into it.

If you need headphones to check mixes, you will want an open design (which would be horrible for tracking). Something like the Sennheiser HD580's. Expect to pay close to $200 for the cheapest set of "flat" headphones. Grado's or other high end electro-static designs can cost 5 times that much.
 
headphones help in determining stero seperation you want your mixes to sound natural on speakers and larger then life in the cans panning effects etc should be at least double checked with a good set of flat cans at least that has always been my understanding :)
 
Checking effects levels and stereo spread on headphones? That's a frightening thought!

If I had to pick the two areas where headphones have the biggest weakness, those would be the ones!
 
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