KOSS Porta Pro - The Budget Legend!!

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[Skeeb]

What is your go-to budget headphone? Do you agree about the Porta Pros?

[Supagetti]

Still rocking them in 2024. Bought my first pair in 2009.
Genuinely the best headset i've ever used for the price range. Love them. I've only had to replace them once, due to a Frey in the cable that happened a few years into using them.

[trxbloke]

I've had Porta Pro's for over 30 years. In the UK you can get them changed for £6 if the cable breaks (lifetime guarantee). They do improve with age, apart from the pressure pads which crush after a year or so. I went auditioning headphones for some over ear ones for more discerning listening and struggled to find any that could better the Koss. In the end I got Audeze LCD-2C's (£500) which had the same neutral sound and proper extended bass, like the Porta Pro's. Given that my Koss' cost £36, I thought the majority of headphones, some costing stupid money, were rubbish by comparison to the Koss Porta Pro. Like he says.... Just Buy Some. My whole family have these, and I have converted many friends over the years. I dont recommend many things, lets face it, most stuff these days doesnt live up to expectations, but the Porta Pro is the biggest exeption to the "everything is crap" rule that I can think of.

[TylersEclectic]

Porta Pros with Yaxi are Goat 🐐 budget headphone

[arthurhaywood]

When it comes to budget listening, I think that you do better with iem’s than you can with Koss. I have a few of them in the sub $30 range that can give them a run for the money! Blon BL-03, Final Audio E500, Advanced Wearable Audio AWA 101 are all pretty solid. There are quite a few other recent offerings as well. I’d venture to say that they’ll hold up better long term than the Koss.

[BoomBoomSatellites]

New to the channel. New to Koss. New to Porta Pro. Great review dude. Scooped up a Mod Retro from GameStop, and they happened to collab with Koss. 50 bucks for a matching pair of phones to go with the toughest Game Boy ever built! I figured why the hell not?

Bro! Super stoked with these. They instantly became my go to gaming headset just as you’d said. Stalker 2. Chefs kiss! Went looking for a review wondering where I’d been all these years. Needless to say I’m happy to be here.

Sounds like you’d have the perfect excuse to scoop up another pair of this outstanding gear.

The Portas I picked up are grey, which matched the system, and were offered as a retail exclusive from GameStop. Turns out there are several other colors. 7 in total.

I’ll add that the Mod Retro logo on the Portas was a nice touch. Can’t wait to check out those Yaxi pads as well.

Thanks for the review.

[seezishere]

I haven't tried the porta pro yet but I do recommend the ksc75.

[GS-ygwk]

Koss Porta Pro - very good and comfortable headphones. There are no better at this price.

[InfamousCards]

Got the supreme porta pros. I have AirPods Pro max, dt 1990s, and a bunch of IEMS. And man these are my new gaming driver. I only play Csgo and first party Nintendo. (Switch/ds) I am in love with how comfy these are for the price and most importantly the portability

[ONeillsCreationWorkshop]

Porta Pros are great, Do the Koss KPH40's next, they're headphone I surprisingly use the most.

[brianm]

I'm team KSC75 (with PE headband).

[vigneshg]

Koss porta pro or status audio cb1 ???

[Klawhauser]

Skullcandy cassette wireless headphones

[hanscyrus]

J&R Music World, NYC, 2002 and I'm trying on five, ten different headphones. The word fidelity came to mind when I was sampling the Porta Pro. I purchase them exclusively on a wayfaring excursion. #emilyLinge🙋🏼‍♀