price, closed back, well balanced sound

clarity, enclosures make sound feel muffled or unclear; looks

My roommate in college brought a pair of these to our room. Admitingly, I was a little hesitant at trying them after listening through nothing but grado, senn, or stax for the last couple years; but they performed surprisingly well. The comfort of these headphones is fairly nice, but they have a small tendency to feel a bit bulky. (but nothing compared stax or senns)Looks could also need be improved. The enclosure does help eliminate outside sound, but at a price. The sound clarity is a bit lacking and the it often sounded like there was some echo. Sound is great for the price he said to have bought these cans for (>20)... almost worthy of grado sr-60's, if not for the poor enclosure. Sound is well balanced, although a bit lacking on both bass and the high end; it sounds alot more natural than the typical pair of ridiculous bass heavy headphones.

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grado sr 60,125,325; senn 580,600, stax, koss esp9, sony mdr series

Good value/ fine sound/low price. Lifetime warranty ($6 handling charge) They come with a set of earbuds for your walkman.

Thin Y type cord, very thin headphone construction, so far not a problem.

I bought my first headphones 30 years ago and have lots of experience with them since I used to work in radio. The Koss TD-61''''s are light to the point of being just a tad flimsy but if they hold up I will be very happy with my purchase. I bought them after I returned the Sennheiser HD490''''s which to be sounded awful and cost more than twice as much as the Koss. While there are better headphones out there the Koss TD-61''''s provide sound that''''s well balanced - not boomy, clean and not distorted even at loud levels. The cord is very thin so I hope it will withstand the occasional accidental tug. If the Y shape cord breaks forget about trying to repair it, very fine wire. I prefer a single cord instead of the Y style. Still a very good value.

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Price Comfort

Frequency response Cable lengh is too short Distortion at high volumes Lacks legendary Koss quality

I purchased the closed headphones expecting traditional KOSS audio but was severly dissapointed by the lack of frequency response. Only capable of 25-15,000KHz (something I overlooked as I grabbed these speakers off the shelves in a rush). The only thing that these headphones even have going for them is the accuracy of the frequencies that it can reproduce correctly and the comfort. Sound at low-normal volume levels is quite precise but distortion is evident when the volume is turned up beyond reasonable limits. Good if you need a cheap set of replacement headphones that you don''t mind trashing as soon as you find better ones. Who knows maybe the sound of these headphones hitting a trashcan will produce a greater frequency response

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Aiwa, Sony, Panasonic ~$20-50 headphones (too many to list)

Price. Comfort. Sound quality for the price.

Sturdiness of cord connection.

These are very good sounding phones for the price. I demo'd a dozen phones under $100, and this held up with the best of them. The midrange is clearer than others, high end not bad. My only complaint is that after about a year, the connection where the cord enters the phone came loose, and you have to jiggle it to get sound in that ear. But at only $20, I just bought another pair! Plus the warranty is lifetime, so I intend on returning the old pair.

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many headphones

Lots of bass,very confertable,cuts down on outside noises,big!!

The cord is way to long 8 feet.

I bought these because my other headphones had broken and I saw these and decided to pick them up for my walkman they are great plus you get a set of mini phones all for 19.99!

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closed, so nice bass, comfortable cushion and headband, good gaming phones, came with earbuds, no leakage, hear some things (not much) didnt hear before

highs and mids sometimes drowned by bass, if turned up too high the bass starts to affect the phones. Not much I can compare to so little weaknesses for me.

Great for gaming. The cord is tough and can take pretty rough toughs. Comes with the large adapter to plug into stereos. For the money they probably are just great. I could wear these (with music turned low enough) forever. Great phones for studying anywhere or with portables. I would give it 5 stars but I have nothing of value to compare it to. Definition between instruments could be better, I guess.

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Comfort,decent sound, reasonable efficiency

I bought these for a portable FM radio I listen to on the bus to work. Reasonably neutral sound. Big bass, but not obtrusive to the music or radio voices. Most comfortable headphones I have used yet, perfect for the selected use (and not bad with my regular HiFi either). My Grado ($70) are a bit better but level of manufacture on the Grado not great and it suffers the twisted cord syndrom.

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Grado Entry level, Signet Electret, Koss ESP-9, Yamaha HP-1