Koss Pro-4AA Studio Quality Headphones
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Manufacturer: KossModel: PRO/4AA
Color: black
Product features:
- 10 - 25,000 Hz frequency response
- Closed ear cushions for maximum bass and isolation
- Includes microphone mount hardware
- 10 foot cord
- .25-inch plug
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Customer Review: Why pay more for headphones simply to own a more 'desirable' badge?
Summary: 5 Stars
What I'm hearing at the moment from the PRO-4 AAs is, sonically, a pair of £200-250 headphones with a £69-00 price tag (finished to an impressively high standard for their bargain basement cost), which is really quite remarkable..... They're certainly in my opinion sonically superior to the Sennheiser and Beyer Dynamic price eqivalents I've heard (and I mean the £200-250 ones!) I also love their 70s retro looks!
Weight-wise, they're heavier than is the norm with headphones these days, but being quite a big bloke, I didn't find it a problem. I suspect that most people wouldn't either, unless they were merely girly-men who couldn't cope with using anything but featherweight headphones(!) I feel therefore that their apparent 'excessive weight' is somewhat overplayed (although they do tend to 'clamp' your head in an almost vice-like grip), as is the 'sweat factor'. The latter, however, may be an issue in the summer months.
The PRO-4 AAs also shut out external noise extremely effectively (probably the most effectively with any headphones I've used to date), which certainly aids detail retrieval, as one's ears are immersed in total inky-black silence, from which music then emerges rather spookily. Crucially, they are also as effective at keeping noise out the other way, so that only the user is aware of any music being played, making these headphones ideal for use late at night where the slightest noise may disturb others sleeping.
In terms of absolute sound quality, they don't quite have the overall finesse, airy spaciousness, and that 'out of the box' sensation of AKG K701s or top-notch open-backed headphones, and certainly the top-of-the-range Denons. However, the level of detail retrieval and insight into the musical programme listened to, no matter the genre of music, quite frankly, is astonishing at this, or indeed any price. If you enjoy forensically examining the minutiae of information in recordings, then these are the cans for you!
There is also a real sense of cohesion, with voices and instruments taking their correct place within the acoustic space, creating a sense of realism, and giving their overall presentation an addictive musicality that encourages lengthy listening sessions. In terms of tonality, there is plenty of extension and sparkle at the top end, superb midrange clarity, and tight but 'articulate' bass. One can certainly hear why these were/are used for monitoring purposes in broadcasting studios.
Koss, IMO, have used their huge experience and no doubt unique access to specialist in-house materials, employed successfully for well over 30 years in the same design, to keep costs down, and carefully updated key components, whilst very cleverly voicing the PRO-4 AAs sympathetically to the originals, but at the same time also adding a more modern and incisive sound.
It's an incredible achievement for £69-00, and ably demonstrates that with some of the 'fancier' looking headphones on the market, most of what you're paying for is aesthetic frippery... Now where have I discovered that before??
Buy with confidence and revel in owning one of hi-fi's genuine bargains!
Description of Koss Pro-4AA Studio Quality Headphones
Memories serve me well. The Koss KOSS PRO-4AA Studio Monitor Headphones are filled with those memories of when I fell in love with headphone sound. Years back, I visited the Lincoln Center Library of Performing Arts, in New York. They have a circulating music division and , those day, also a listening room. The headphones they used were an earlier generation of the Koss Pro-4AA. The sound they delivered was brethtaking. I realized then that these were the headphones I'd measure others by.I listened to these. It's a perfect match! Sometimes, through time, we revise our tastes. Listening to these Pro4AA bring me back to the discovery of grat sound from a headphone. Now it's your turn to discover them too. Perfect for home and professional use Lifetime warranty
The Koss Pro-4AA stereo headphones were built with studio and broadcast use in mind. Closed-ear cushions provide excellent isolation and bass, while high and low sounds come in clear due to its 10 to 25,000 Hz frequency response.
The Pro-4AA includes microphone mount hardware, 0.25-inch plug, and a coiled, single-entry 10-foot cord.
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