Customer Reviews

Koss CS80 Speech Recognition Computer Headset

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4 star:		(2)
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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The breakdown-

PROS:

*Sound seems to be good for the price

*Nice look

*Good cord length (~ 8 ft)

CONS:

*High resistance (60 ohms) which makes it harder for devices to drive.

*No in-line mute/volume control

***Not comfortable (behind-the-neck design)

Bottom line: If headset was not so uncomfortable to wear these might make a great headset.

The details-

I was looking for a multi-purpose headset. I use skype to talk with my friends on-line while we play games, also I like to listen to music when I am waiting for my friends to get on-line. So, I wanted a headset that had a average to good quality mic, and offered good (above average) sound.

I was thinking since heard people boast about the great quality for the price of KOSS's KSC-50s and KSC-75s, I thought I would give the the CS-80 headsets a try. The CS-80 is just like the KSC-50s but have a behind the head design and a mic.

The KOSS CS-80 is a fairly good sounding headset. I have a problem with the deep bass. It seems that the bass reduces the clarity of the song. However, I think the sound is pretty good for the price range. Also, once you get an EQ to reduce the bass the clarity is much better. I did not notice much of a difference concering voices vs my old headphones.

The mic does not seem to be anything that special, but I have not tested it that much. It seems that it does reduce noise. Voice quality reproduction is good, but I do not think it is anything that special.

The biggest problem that I had with this headset is the behind-the-neck design. I have not had any headphones with the behind-the-neck design, so I did not know how they would feel. Although, since the CS-80 are suppose to sound good, I thought a little pain would be a trade-off. When I first tried the headphones they felt great. The problem was after an hour or so the damn things made me want to cut my ears off. I do wear eyeglasses so maybe this is a factor. The pain is so great that it really does not make the sound worth it and is the reason they only get two stars.

The sound effect is much better than my 32 ohm earplugs, I mean all of them, especially at low frequency.
But the "behind the neck bar" doesn't fit my head very well. It's too tight for me and has a conflict with my lenses. I need to release it every half hour to relax my ear back from being squeezing.

It's just missing a pivot to move the mic away when you don't use it, and you have to stretch the fixation otherwise it presses to hard on your head. Otherwise the sound is really great and I like the fact there is no analogic volume control because the ones I had before always end up having bad contact in the wheel.