Advantages: Durable, great sound quality, low price Disadvantages: The foam earplugs supplied need to be replaced with others for a good fit
These Koss The Plug earphones are amazing, they isolate outside noise simply by using earplugs which insert into the ear canal and seal out any unwanted noise, as well as preventing any sound from leaking out. This means that you can listen to music at lower volumes and still be able to here it clearly. They block out the majority of noise around you, so you won't hear a baby crying on the train but you won't hear the announcer either!
Before I ... ...I have had my Koss The Plug earphones for just over 10 months and they have survived being stuffed in my bag/pocket very well with no loosening of the wires or any problems with sound quality. They have stood up well to everyday use but do not come with a carry case which is the one addition which would have been nice.
I got my earphones from ebay for £8 but they generally sell for around £15
I really would recommend these earphones, with the minor ...
Azurel 19.08.2005
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Advantages: Cheap Disadvantages: Poor bottom and top end reproduction, a bit too small for my ears, zero isolation
It's hard to believe I bought the same thing as the previous reviewer. They provide no isolation whatsoever; the supplied foam plugs (2 sets, not 4, and all the same size) are only just large enough to stop the buds from falling out of my ears; finally the sound quality leaves a great deal to be desired. Without equalisation they are simply unusable. With maximum bass and minimum treble they are better balanced, but the bottom end is rather ... ...pan sizzling). The mid-range reproduction is excellent and highly detailed, but that's really a minimum criterion for bothering to listen to anything.
Sure, they're probably better than most players' supplied buds, but I would rather have spent 3 times as much as these cost on something 3 times as good. My old Sennheiser MX500s (the original metallic blue model, not the more recent white substandard one) were distinctly better than these, at 1.5 ...
JoeGreenShank 04.02.2009 (03.02.2009)
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