It is unlikely you have ever seen any headphone quite like the Porta Pro. With a design that you'll either love or hate and fitting comfortably in the sub-£20 price-range, you'd be forgiven for overlooking these headphones when searching for an upgrade to your failing iPod 'buds - but give them half a chance and you my just nab some of the best budget 'phones money can buy. *Design* Legend has it that Koss's original 1980s PortaPros have remained so popular over the last twenty years that the company has maintained the 80s style to this day. The result is a headphone looking like no other. A sturdy, half-inch wide metal headband stretches down to ...  Read the complete review

After an unfortunate incident involving my (slightly hated) Sony headphones and a large amount of vomit, the time came last week end to order some new headphones. I don't believe in buying anything without researching carefully, so after reading many reviews on all sorts of headphones, ranging from the good, the bad and the ugly, I concluded that my hard earned money (well I'm a student, but baby sitting is still work) should be well invested in a set of Koss PortaPros (available at around £18 from Amazon). One week of ownership, and I can't think of a better way to have spent my money. Build and appearance: 7.5/10 In terms of build and ...  Read the complete review

At £18, these headphones are one of the stand-out buys on Amazon. They retail elsewhere for well over double that, and even at such prices, they would still be competitive against similarly-priced rivals. Sound This is rich and full. Bass frequencies, which are generally lacking on headphones of this level of portability, come out particularly well. The middle and upper ranges are also clear and vibrant. This is thanks to the oxygen-free copper coils and neodymium magnets, components which are more associated with high-end headphones. For those with a particularly refined ear, you may think that there is a slight bias towards the bass, but at ...  Read the complete review

I recently bought some sennheiser in-ear headphones, and while the sound was pretty good they were driving me crazy falling out of my ears all the time. I imagine that they might be good for some people but they just didn't fit me. So I needed something new! I decided to go for these full headphones because I figured it would resolve the problem with my previous headphones falling out all the time. Plus the Porta Pros have the added advantage that they fold up really small so don't take up anywhere near as much space as most full headphones. The Koss Porta Pros have apparently been the same design and same sound etc since the 80s and are really well ...  Read the complete review

I find that in-ear headphones are quite uncomfortable so i was looking for a good mid-price pair of phones and after a botched attempt at sennhesier (two broken pairs in as many months) i decided to give these a go. Aesthetically they are great - they have retro appeal and I love the way they fold up. A really great looking pair of headphones. The sound quality is really good but one of the biggest problems I found was that everyone around you can hear what you're listening to! Making you the most hated person on the bus/tube/train isn't a great selling point. The other big down point is that I felt they don't go quite loud enough. I like to be able ...  Read the complete review