Customer Reviews

Koss P4 Earbuds with Case

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

For those who complain the volume is low and they lack bass: If you check the specifications you will see the frequency response is listed as starting at 80hz... they're missing the first two octaves! Also, not listed here is the sensitivity which is also very low. The higher the sensitivity the higher the volume at a given setting.
Basically these are a pathetic excuse for earphones from a company like Koss. I've seen better specs on phones from the dollar store (literally!).

These headphones suck! End of story. The Sony's they replaced were blown but they had a rich base sound, were comfortable and stayed in your ear. I bought these on a budget and am happy to say Ill be 4 bucks richer next trip to walmart. These are just crap. The foam padding easily tears, constantly falls off and is REQUIRED to stand having these in your ear. You will spend more time fiddling with them they you will listening. Even when you are listening I describe the sound as, granny, tinny and flat not to mention that they consume way to much power so the volume has to be cranked to get even a normal volume, not an efficient use of the battery on your poor player. Lifetime warranty? WHY BOTHER! These are horrible sounding and feeling. Stay away even for $4 you will be disappointed. These make a poor compliment to my Panasonic MP3 cd player, ill stick with the original headphones that came with the cd player amd are much better sounding. Spend the money on some Sony's your ears will thank you lal the way around.....PS

Ill keep you posted about what Koss has to say about this pair....


Recommend?
NO NOT EVER FOR ANY PRICE

I've purchased some Koss products in the twenty to fifteen dollar range, and have been surprized by the sound quality, but I was dissapointed by these. I was hoping to use them with my ipod (my apple earbuds are a little blown out), but they are way less powerful than the apple earbuds. I had to turn the volume all the way up just to equal the sound that I got from my apple earbuds at normal volume. And even then, the sound was less full and warm sounding. I immediately converted back to my blown out apple earbuds. These headphones are not terrible, they're good for their price, but I expected greatness. Just go ahead and spend some extra money.

If you are like me, you will be attracted to the low price on this set of earbuds. I am going to recommend you stay away from this set for two reasons:

1) Due to the large and uncomfortable size, my ears would have a feeling of soreness after wearing these for an extended period of time.

2) The sound quality is inferior in a way that can best be described as having a lack of bass.

I highly recommend purchasing SONY earbuds instead of this cheapo set. Your ears will thank you for it.

This is a horrible product. Absolutely horrible. The sound, while OK, especially for the price, is still not very good. I've had headphones of the same price that worked much better than these. The foam on the earbuds is absolutely necessary because the underside is very unconfortable and cumbersome, but the foam falls off very easily. Find a different pair, these suck.

These were a waste of money (only $5). They don't stay in you ears whether you are running exercising or even walking. Plus they hurt your ears after a short time. So if you plan on buying these for any physical activities dont even bother.

These ear buds are the biggest waste of money, even if it is less than $5. They offer poor sound quality in all frequency ranges. In addition to that, they wear your ear out because of a poor fit and the fact that they don't stay in place. By wearing your ear out, I mean just that. They actually tire your ears out from the fitting, or lack there of.

While the quality was pretty good, I was distracted by the fact that the output was very little; at full blast, could only hear at normal levels. The earpieces are big and dont seem to be erganomicaly designed for ears. The foam covers were a little helpful for that problem, but fell off very easily, like if you store them in your pocket instead of the carying case, and when the covers are gone, the phones became very annoying to listen through.
I recently bought the panasonic RP-HV152 to replace them and all of the problems of the Koss product were fixed by the Panasonic product. At a similar price range, about four to five dollars, it is a much better suggestion and reccomendation.

While I agree with the other reviewer who said the sound quality on these ear buds is great, I was not able to make these stay in my ears, no matter how hard I tried. On the rare occasion when they did stay, I soon had to remove them because of the pain they caused. The "bud" part that goes into the ear seems overly large, the padding is thin and easily removable, and there is nothing for the ear to grab on to. I am continuing my search for the perfect ear buds....

Though it had great sound quality, the foam covering of the hard palstic speakers fell off after two uses, one cover being lost never to be seen again, the other falling off repeatedly, no matter how I reapplied it.