Comfort and sound in the price range unbeatable

For some time I hear my music on the move with the "SONY MDR-ZX300", which also is good as far, but I've found for greater research that it probably still are completely different worlds of sound and quality levels in the price range up to 50 euros. Then the trio "Koss Porta Pro KTC", "Zoro Noontec HD" and the "AKG K518LE" I ordered for testing home.

With what music I have tested?

among other things:

Chris Rea - Road To Hell
Depeche Mode - Welcome To My World
Dire Straits - Lady Writer
Dredd OST
Electric Light Orchestra - Four Little Diamonds
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Kavinsky - Protovision
Neil Young - Old Man
Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted
Phil Collins - I Do not Care Anymore
The Who - Baba O'Riley
The Who - Will not Get Fooled Again

For the most part I have so classic rock heard here and there but also a bit electronic music. The music was played on the SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip. In music it was MP3s from 192kb / s to 320 kb / s, which is what so standard today.

Packaging and delivery:

Delivered the headphones in a white cardboard box in a minimalist style. That was enough Koss apparently not because the headphones still rests in itself in another, white card in the box. The box is very robust, has a silvery-shiny lettering and can be opened. The printed in box slogan "Hearing Is Believing" is then a bold promise, which drives the expectations in the air. In addition to the headphones in itself is a black bag for storage, as well as a warranty card and a further info sheet. There is nothing more, nothing more is needed.

Quality and feel:

At first glance, makes the "Koss Porta Pro KTC" a really shaky, almost unstable impression. However, this is a fallacy. After some time, I understand the comment of another user, who called the headphones than racing under the headphones. Unnecessary weight does not exist and therefore lightweight plastic and thin aluminum is used up. Nevertheless, a particularly stable impression will not make the headset easy. This impression deepened with me, because,. As well as the controller for the "Comfort Zone" rather bad snap back to its original position, if I quit using the headset. The jammed several times. Perhaps the only real point of criticism. The thin fabric upholstery are not necessarily nice, but seem like the rest of headphones, classic to. One can argue about whether the design of the unchanged since the 80 other, technical timelessness benefits. A bit of modern nerner should do the trick, because no one would give the "Koss Porta Pro" optically confidence that the sound uproots trees. The included carrying case is actually kept in black leatherette optics and contributes to the Koss lettering.

Little info on the edge: The headphones have an integrated remote control on the cable, including micro, with which you can change, inter alia, the volume of the pieces. This is probably possible but exclusively with Apple devices. On my MP3 player these keys were ineffective.

Comfort:

Wow. All the praises were justified. Once you put the headphones to the lightweight materials make really noticeable. It expresses nothing and after a few seconds will immediately feel causes you to forget that you are wearing these things at all. This really is a huge plus. By switch the "Comfort Zone" also can adjust the angle and even the pressure of the "ears" per se. While z. B. the side pads are almost undetectable in the "Firm", but the ear cups, press the pad to "Light" a little on the temples, while the earpieces are relieved. The "Light" are the headphones through the temporal pressure better grip. This should certainly pay off in sports activities. The fabric covered ear cups are indeed still not high quality, but really comfortable. Since I am hat and cap carriers, the extremely thin design of the carrying handle is actually really very accommodating. So I can still carry on the bracket loose a "flat cap". Excellent.

Sound:

When sound is always raved about the "Koss Porta Pro" and I can quite understand why. In the price range listening is definitely a real pleasure. Playback is hochhauflösend, rich in detail, but also hides the odd flaw, which is anchored in the piece of music itself. So z. B. is the noise floor of Neil Young's "Old Man" (from the CD "Decade") discreet, as for example the "Noontec Zoro HD", which is really brutally honest. The sound experience, I would overall be described as surprising neutral after else was always to read how bass love the headphones is. I'm really not Bassfetischist and quite sensitive, but here everything is to my ears in the Lot. The bass dominates only in the plays in which he is also, as such. B. with Depeche Mode, in which the whole thing goes deeper than I would have expected the whole. Still, I just do not think that bass freaks are totally come here get their money ... but I do not care. Even at high volume levels of the headphones not overridden. Finally, I would describe the sound as very balanced.
When it comes to the shielding of the sound, the handset makes a less good figure. Outside noise can clearly perceive and the person sitting next to on the bus should rejoice because they really always know exactly what you hear. That must be made clear in advance. In a world where some people sound for public transport with their mobile music, however, this is the lesser evil.

Conclusion:

Yes, it's true: in the price range you can hardly find a better blend of comfort and sound quality. The sound is detailed, balanced and also conceals a little possible weaknesses of the starting material. The bass is capable of, but not oversized, as I had initially feared. In conjunction with the excellent sound quality, and the price of comfort is really just the icing on the cake. This mixture alone is me five stars value. Half a star I would deduct theoretically, since the shield as standard and haptics is not great, but there is no half stars and four stars are too little, I forgive a perfect score.