Customer Reviews

Koss KEB24 Portable Isolation Earbud (Blue)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Having owned Shure e2c phones in the past and a current owner of Sennheiser CX300 buds, I was not expecting much in the way of competition from these $20 Koss buds. I expected them to sound like the $20-range JVC Marshmallows, which could NEVER be confused with a pair of e2c or CX300 headphones. But, these Koss headphones surprised me. When properly fitted in the ear canal, they present a rich sound. Head-to-head against the CX300 phones (which sell for three times as much), I found the bass to be more accentuated on the Koss', but the highs are not as discernible, telling me that the Koss headphones are a bit distorted in favor of bass, but not much. I cannot discern any noticeable difference (aside from color) between the silicone sleeves provided by Koss and the soft silicone sleeves provided by Sennheiser or Shure. I've swapped them around between headphones and they all do the job equally well. The Koss phones give you nice isolation, comfort for long-term use, and good sound at a great price.

I'm a bit baffled by some of the reviews here. It makes me wonder if the sleeves being provided by Koss have changed, or if there isn't some user error involved in getting a seal of the sleeve against the ear wall. These are good phones for the price.

The gentlemen above on a vacation trip mustve had a worn-out earphone port in his iPOD. It is HIGHLY unlikely to have different volumes on identical coils...

If you know anything about IN-THE-EAR headphones and what to expect from them, you would appreciate the KOSS Earbuds.
Ive had A LOT of experience with IN-THE-EAR "plug" "bud style earphones" as they call them (see my other reviews)because I commute in the train and subway in a big city and I HATE the feature called "exhaust port" "BASE port" "AIR vent" in the BACK OF THE EARPHONES, no matter how expensive they are.
The existence of hole in the back of an earphone speaker means that they are absolute crap when it comes to filtering the sounds of kids, teenagers etc..the ambience of the subway.
The less noise hits your eardrum the better for your health. (The holes in the back of these phones are purely cosmetic - YES i've blown into them! :)))

You can control the volume of music as you please but to isolate the sound of the city is of utmost importance for me.

Seems having an airtight case will impact the response of the membrane. Well, me and my buddies at work tested different earbud headphones listening to the same song with HIGHs and LOWs (f.e Karmah - "Just Be Good to Me" spin off from Police "Every breath you take".) and the difference in sound response across speakers is shocking..

For example compare KOSS and JVC Earbud! JVC buds' BASE response is non existent!

noise cancelling. no (i can still hear almost everything around me, though it is a bit muted).
sound isolating? yes (people can't hear my music).
fit is good, sound quality is good. pretty good value for the money.

I had bought this brand of ear buds at a walmart, and thought they were pretty good quality. The bass wasn't the best I'd heard, but overall they were decent.

I bought these ear buds back in February. It is now May, and the sound is going out in one ear.

Don't waste your money. Please, buy something different.

Two stars--very good sound quality with a high output device; otherwise poorly designed and not well built.

I purchased one pair and exchanged for a second pair. The first pair was quieter on the long wire side and the bud died in just six days. It was instantaneously just dead one day, no crackling or halfway working.. The second pair died exactly the same way in about six months.

These earbuds require more voltage than an iPod can output to perform correctly. Plugging them into a higher output headphone jack such as the X-Fi dock or an iRiver player presented very clean and clear sound, more accurate I think than my Sony earbuds. On the iPod 5G Video they sounded flat, and distorted whenever heavy bass frequencies played. I would not list these as iPod accessories.

There is something too difficult about adjusting the latex sleeves, they're very thin, and really difficult to put on correctly if you change sizes. Also had a lot more trouble getting them seated properly in my ear. Lastly they allow your ear canal to build up a lot of moisture, and after a while it itches and you have to take them out. Total failure in this respect as an exercise accessory. I've never had this problem with the Sony set, but they have much thicker sleeves. The Sonys might be nylon or neoprene.

The wiring likes to stay crimped and tangled, and stays quite rigid in cold weather. The problem there is the plastic sheathing is just plastic, it should be a more flexible material. Also note the plug at the end has no 90-degree bend, so it sticks straight out of the player. Combine that with the stiff wiring and this resembles what I'd expect to find on dollar store headphones.

This is the third time I've owned a pair of KOSS headphones or earbuds where I can say with absolute confidence the sound quality with the ideal equpiment was just about the best I could hope for, but on the other hand they failed in just about every other way. I keep trying KOSS and hoping they'll get it together..

I got the Koss KEB24 to replace the "worst head phone I've personally ever owned." The Philips SHE5910/27, I got them at Wal-Mart for $14.95 + tax. About the best thing to say about them is you get a bag to put the ear buds in.

These, the Koss KEB24, are an A+ for the price they are almost as good as my full size head phones, only they don't have a microphone attached to them and a 9 foot cord. Not the best thing for just walking around listing to your iPod.

I am using the smallest of the three cushions (I have small ear canals.) Good tight fit in the ear, my room mate scared the crap out of my when he taped me on the shoulder. I did not hear him walk up.
(And no, I was not blasting them at top volume.)

It's amazing that little ear-buds can give you deep bass and good crisp highs. And here I thought you had to settle for bad sound out of ear-buds. I'm glad I was proven wrong. And last but least, the color is cool looking.

So for just under $20 they are Great.

Koss KEB24 Portable Isolation Earbud (Blue)

This is my second set only because I wrapped the left earbud around the appletree while I was mowing the grass. I went to Best Buy and the salesman talked me into a Skullcandy set, they were terrible. I took them back to Best Buy and found someone that was selling the Koss. Great sound, good fit. I will buy a few more pairs for my daughters from Amazon because they are ten dollars cheaper.

I bought these at Wal*Mart, and they sound great for the price range. I had them for 6 months, and my dog chewed up the cord. I sent the broken earbuds to Koss, because all Koss headphones have a "No-Questions Asked" Lifetime Warranty. All you have to do is send the broken set, a note describing the failure and return address, and $6 for return postage. Within 9 days, I got my new set in the mail. Same model (KEB/24b) but, they refreshed the look and sound. The new ones now have an iPhone compatible mini-plug, have a nice pastel metallic blue color with black accents, and sound better than before. The sound has fuller sound, more bass. NOTE: The new version does not have a microphone to be used with the iPhone as a headset. Also, the iPhone 3G does not have a recessed audio jack.

For starters they are not comfortable in your ear and fall out easily, secondly they only lasted me a few months before they started to sound fuzzy and about a month after that they were completely useless. Who cares about a warranty when it would cost about just as much to buy a new set, a better one.

Koss earbuds are always very good quality specially for the money.
If you're getting these to replace the headphones that come with iphones/ipods you won't be disappointed to hear the quality of these are far superior.