Customer Reviews

Koss TD-61 Studio Quality Home Stereophone (with bonus HP-3 Portable Earbud)

5 star:		(32)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

If the previous review disconcerted you somewhat, don't pay much attention to it. Yes, I wouldn't take these headphones for rugged use such as jogging, but that's not what these were designed for nor were they what I paid money for. Also, I don't buy headphones on the basis of how they look. These headphones have the goods where it counts (e.g. sound).

You can wear these headphones for hours with few negative effects, thanks to the padding. They also block outside noise surprisingly well. The bass is great and this makes for a good listen when out of range of a good subwoofer. I found the eight foot length of the cord plenty long, almost too much for my purposes.

Perhaps the best virtue of these headphones is its value. For the money amazon charges, you get the best in this price range and possibly equivalent to some higher-priced models. My only complaint, which I share with the previous review, is that the connections are not gold-plated. Buy these if you don't want to spend a lot for what you can get for much less.

I have been using these phones for some time and find them to be comfortable and very excellent in sound! I highly recommend them to other apartment dwellers and to those, like me, who are often confined either to a comfortable chair or the bed because of pain --the extra padding on the phones is very helpful. I cannot say more about the sound, it is simply terrific!

The sound on this Koss TD-61 Home Stereophone is great and the padding around the ears is excellant. I reccomend these headphones to anyone who feels that the sound quality on their headphones is less than satisfactory. I also reccomend them to people whos ears hurt after listening to music for long periods of time because the padding on these headphones is very comfortable.

I am very happy with the sound and comfort, at an affordable price. I use these for my computer to watch DVD movies or play games without waking my husband.I wear them sometimes for hours when I watch a movie and forget that I have them on they are so comfortable. I also love the long cord. Very nice product.

The second I received the Koss in the mail, I jacked into my 25 year old JVC receiver and pumped out Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" from a JVC 6-disk changer. NEVER before have I heard a headset that can outperform my speakers: the sound was so clear high, middle, and low that I could hear the conductor set down his batton and the players turn their sheet music. I tried to hear it through my shelf speakers and couldn't find it...

I just recently purchased the Sony MDR-G52LP Street Headphones, but these low end Koss cost $8 less and smacked the Sony sound we've come to know and love out of the room.

My favorite advantages with this product are the --low cost--long cord for studio use--crisp sound--comfort--light weight

listening to your favorite CD on a pair of bunky headphones is like buying no-frills mustard at the grocery store. this set of phones, while not top of the line, makes both of my ears very, very happy -- pan-ing, bass, and tone are just right. and you can wear these phones comfortably for hours, depending on your haircut. recommended as a first step up the easy-listening ladder.END

The bass is realy good when I turn the XBS off on my cd player the headphones make up the difference in bass. Please not there is a little difference but not alot. The sound quality is great especially on those songs with lots of bass. There also good on all types of music,jazz,classical whatever You like. All in all there very good for there price . I would recomend them.

Well, I was very impressed with these not-so-little puppies. I've had mine for several years now (much of that time spent in my backpack going to and from school) and they have only just begun to give up on me (the cord has come loose inside the right speaker and that little bit of plastic on the left used to adjust the headband snapped off). So they really are quite durable. They're also covered by Koss' no-questions-asked Lifetime Warranty so no matter the problem, they can always be fixed or replaced for six dollars shipping and handling.
Soundwise, they are very nice. I tend to listen to a wide variety of music styles (everything from rock and classical to industrial and dance) and I have never once had a problem with the sound. Everything sounds crisp and clear and while having plenty of bass to them, it's never too much (which tends to be a problem in most of the other headphones I've used). They also tend to muffle out some of the "outside" world a bit (so you don't have to crank up the volume too much while in the car). With the padded headband and ear cushions, they're comfortable, too.
In fact, the only real problem I had with them was that they're so big and clunky. 'Course, they weren't really designed to be incredibly portable, were they? ;)

Koss has put together a very appealing package available at agreat price ... . The headphone set is uncharacteristically light and comfortable for large headphones, but that may be in part due to the plastics and other materials used in the construction of the headphones. Long-term durability may become an issue. As for sound, the Koss TD/61 headphones excel at low-frequency sound reproduction. Bass is powerfully amplified by these headphones, though boomy bass in rap music may over-tax these headphones at high volumes. Also, high-frequency sound is lacking. The range of these headphones tops out at 15,000hz. It is advisable to spend a little more to get a set of headphones which reproduce the entire frequency range of 20-20000hz. Also, look for a headphone set with full-size 40mm drivers. This pair features two 30mm drivers, which are better than stock headphone sets, but not as good as a full sized pair.

I was really quite impressed with the quality of this purchase. I received within 4 days of which it was sent. There were some setbacks though. The portable headphones that came with the main headphones worked only on one side, and the case didn't wind well, but what do you expect? But for the large set of headphones the sound was superb. And the extension was useful on our piano. I would advise anybody with a low price span to by these headphones.