mattstech
New Member
Guys, I really need an opinion here. Anyone's two cents would seriously be extremely helpful because I don't have the best experience with any of this and really anything would be helpful!
So, here it goes: I've had a very bad experience with buying professional headphones from the 1970's and 1980s, and here's my story. Today I picked up a pair of Koss Pro 4AAs, brought them home, hooked them up to the sansui, and to my surprise they sound like every headphone "score" I've had for the past few months. boomy, accordian-bass sounding lower frequencies with sharp peaks in the upper bass frequencies, loud mids, and generally unclear (or non existent) treble. Not harsh or sibilant, just very sick sounding.
Had the same problem with Koss PRO/4X Plus, both of which I ended up returning with dissapointment.
I don't think it's an amp issue as my newer ATs and Denons sound just fine, just listening to a vinyl record or tape sounds like hell through any pre-1990s studio headphones I find, no matter how much people praise them on other threads
Do I need a better headphone amplifier, or, were headphones from this era actually this bad?
Or maybe there's something I'm missing
So, here it goes: I've had a very bad experience with buying professional headphones from the 1970's and 1980s, and here's my story. Today I picked up a pair of Koss Pro 4AAs, brought them home, hooked them up to the sansui, and to my surprise they sound like every headphone "score" I've had for the past few months. boomy, accordian-bass sounding lower frequencies with sharp peaks in the upper bass frequencies, loud mids, and generally unclear (or non existent) treble. Not harsh or sibilant, just very sick sounding.
Had the same problem with Koss PRO/4X Plus, both of which I ended up returning with dissapointment.
I don't think it's an amp issue as my newer ATs and Denons sound just fine, just listening to a vinyl record or tape sounds like hell through any pre-1990s studio headphones I find, no matter how much people praise them on other threads
Do I need a better headphone amplifier, or, were headphones from this era actually this bad?
Or maybe there's something I'm missing
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