Porta Pro Utility On-Ear Headphones, Detachable Interchangeable Cord System, Collapsible Design, Stealth Grey

WoW, a no brainer purchase. Koss Porta Pro Utility. these are amazing, the best sound and comfort, got the extra cable with the mic for phone calls. wore for hours. wow, calls are crystal clear, music is crazy amazing very dynamic range with super punchy bass, vocals are amazing. Not audiophile quality but the most fun since the original old school Sony walkman headphone, remember the first listen? it was wow.

Owned these many years ago and remember them being an excellent sounding headphone. They were not in the best of condition after years of use so decided to purchase a new pair. My memory did not fail me. The Porta Pro is still a fantastic sounding headphone for this price. In fact, I would compare them to models costing 4 times as much. One caveat is you have to like “on the ear” open sounding headphones. If you prefer an isolated “between your ears” sound these are not for you. Any loud outside noise will probably be noticeable. I prefer the “outside of your head” sound that these produce. The music floats just outside your ears much like listening to room speakers. The frequency range seems to be quite accurate. Even though the earpieces rest on the ears and not around, the bass is punchy, well defined, and musical with no added boom. The midrange has great detail and the higher frequencies may be a bit rolled off, but are very easy on the ears and do not produce audio fatigue. The Porta Pros, despite the low price are more than adequate for focused, critical listening. They are light and not sturdily built and should be handled with reasonable care. Highly recommended.

For The money it is a decent headphone. This headphone has alot of pros, the price is cheap, good soundstage, good midrange. decent comfortability(i can wear for an hour or two without any discomfort) and can be powered by anything. however this headphone lacks in alot of things, the pads are not lush enough for long listening, the sound to this headphone is very dark, the mids are pronounce but the highs lack clarity and sound muffled. This can be fixed with some eq however the bass cant, the drivers struggle to produce undistorted low end but thats what you get for a on ear headphone with tiny drivers. still though the upper bass is present enough to give the kicks in music punch. Definitely would look for an over ear for hip hop or anything where you want to hear bass. Rock is pleasing on this headphone though and so is pop. Basically a good headphone for rock or pop, has a dark tone, Great quality to the sound just wish the high end was more present.

Great sound as always, but... • The cable is thin and feels flimsy • The utility connector feels stiff and requires lots of pressure to fit. • The construction uses weaker plastic (the transparent bits between the temple cushions and earpads), which cracked after about 2 months of daily use. • The band doesn't adjust smoothly like in earlier models. I legitimately have purchased over 20 pairs of Porta Pro headphones and, for whatever reason, this specific part of the set is particularly weak, which is uncharacteristic of this line of headphones. While it has other good qualities, I can't justify buying it at all if it's going to critically fail within 2 months of just wearing them. Get an earlier model, or cannibalize an earlier-model headset and pop these speakers into it.

Wow, love the retro look and knowing that this company has been building them since the 80s. Good sound quality and they fit perfectly, very comfortable Good quality pouch to carry the headphones

unfortunately despite the good reviews and a recommendation from a friend I cannot recommend this particular design of Koss headphones. The thin plastic connecting the cup of the headphones to the adjustable bar snapped. I saw a another review saying someone had the same issue. I unfortunately assumed this was caused by miss handling since many other reviews spoke highly of the product. but after regular use while handling gently the left ear cup snapped off. upon inspection I can see the right ear cup has a crack going through it on the same spot and will likely break off too if I could continue to use them. I was happy with the audio quality, and the replaceable ear cuffs and cable connectors but unfortunately the product is just to flimsy to recommend.

I love Koss headphones. These look silly. They feel good or comfortable, I wore them in public Hannafords if you know that reference. They sound great with 3.5mm or aux. Koss's Utility series allows balance cables and sound witch makes the product budget premium.

Headphones are great - I loved them for the period that they worked. They use new and improved drivers, the cord is replaceable, and the headphones sound amazing. Customer service on the other hand? Not fantastic. After my headphones broke from normal use, I emailed them asking if they fell within the one-year warranty - They told me 'no' (even though they were 6 months old) and that I'd have to pay for shipping, and pay them $9 for repair - And they called me 'Robert', which is definitely not my name. I did so, and shipped them in the nice Koss Porta Pro Pro case. What I received back a week later was an old, inferior model that they sell for $29, and they threw away the expensive case I shipped the old ones in. TLDR: Went in for warranty repair, had to pay $20 for shipping and I'm going to have to pay another $15 to replace my case. It cost me more to go through their warranty process then it would have been to buy the outdated headphones they sent me as a replacement, and I'm going to have to pay another $50 to get the model I originally had. Beyond dissapointed.