KOSS PortaPro died
2008-12-06 13:31:15
Now, I have to get this out somewhere. Last year, somewhere in October, I bought the first pair of Koss PortaPro. I was amazed with sound, I liked how I was transfered "there" when listening to music. But the luck lasted for three months, then I noticed that there is slight distortion on left channel when playing bass (I listen to a variety of styles, from pop thru electronic to jazz), but I rarely play music loud. I learned to live with that, and used them further - distortion didn't increase with time, but in July this year the cabling near connector died. As I had warranty on them, I returned them, got my money back, got into another shop and bought them again even cheaper. But they lasted even shorter - again the distortion on left channel in three months, and few days ago the cabling died near the connector. Now I understand that I listen to music much more than an average people do, around 2 hours a day, going to work and back, every single week day except weekends, and I carry my player in my trousers pocket, but for the product that has lifetime warranty I expected them to be more robust. I don't know what to buy now. It seems to me that PortaPro won't last long, and I don't want to return phones every few months back. I could cut the wires and solder the new connector, but I am not really willing to do that, the cabling isnt really that thick. I am thinking into investing into PX100, but they are rather expensive, around 70 USD. PX200 are around 80 USD, are they better? For the price of PX100 I can get Grado SR60. But I think that is too expensive for something that is meant to be weared outside. My limit was 50 USD, even 40, and I am limited by things available in my country, Croatia, we are not part of EU, so buying things from outside country would cost me more than paid online. So, I am open to suggestions. Recommend me models, and I will check out if they are available. I am just mad. They make so great sounding headphones, and they can't invest in somewhat thicker cable and better connector.