Koss A-250 Studio Quality Home Stereophone

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Summary: to expensive for headphone
Review: i have the r-30s and the a-130 the r-30 are beter and they cost half. --This text refers to an alternate option.

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Summary: I've had a pair for years, loved them, they're like new.
Review: I highly recommend these headphones. I guess some people get the lemons, but that hasn't been my experience with these. I've recommended them to students for years and have never heard a complaint. Musicians love them. The sound is really excellent! You'll hear your favorite music like you've never heard it before.

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Summary: unsatisfied customer
Review: I purchased one pair and within two days they fell apart. They were replaced by the company where puchased (amazon) and the same exact thing happened again.

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Summary: Caution!
Review: I was looking for a pair of high end headphones that I could wear during my day at work. Obviously, the main requirement was to keep all the music to myself. These headphones have great sound, HOWEVER it has speakers on the outside too! These speakers are not terribly loud on the outside, but are definitely not fit for situations in which you don't want others to be disturbed by your music. I didn't see any mention of this in the specifications, so you should definitely take this into account before you make a purchase.

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Summary: you can do better
Review: Poor performance for the price. Not much of a range, very little base, and the right speaker crackled at higher volume! What a stinker! --This text refers to an alternate option.

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Summary: you can do better
Review: Poor performance for the price. Not much of a range, very little base, and the right speaker crackled at higher volume! What a stinker!

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Summary: Nice sound; flimsy construction; poor customer service
Review: The A250 phones provide pleasant sound quality, but I regret to report that their construction can be flimsy and Koss customer service seems to be nonexistent. I had gotten 15 and 20 years of flawless service from my previous two sets of earphones before I purchased the A250 phones. Within two months of gentle usage listening to chamber music at modest levels, an intermittent contact developed in the stereo jack. After two email inquiries to Koss did not elicit a response, I installed a new connector myself. A spring clip mount for one earphone self-destructed two months later, and a small metal part within the clip disappeared into my carpeting. I had to remount the earphone to the headband using a nut and bolt. Caveat emptor!