Koss UR-40 Collapsible user reviews

Pros Amazingly crisp treble. Good bass. Light. Open feeling.

Cons Feels like my eardrums got attacked with a cheese grater. They have no weight. They apply no force and slide around. If they're not centered, they don't sound right. They don't stay in place either. Sound leak?

Summary These are really amazing headphones. They sound amazingly clean and are quite cheap. I got them free from a friend because they needed to be rewired (which I did with some dollar store headphones)

Rewiring them was easy. They're really light and feel like they should be really comfortable because they apply almost no pressure...but something's just not quite right.

These sound great, then after 2 minutes, I felt a little queasy. After 5 minutes, I had a headache. After 20 minutes, I threw them across the room, gave them back to my friend for free and yelled , "OH GOD THESE THINGS SUCK" really loudly on my bus.

They're really good headphones ruined by the fact that it takes under 2 minutes to get listening fatigued. This makes them HORRIBLE headphones. They have pretty good spacilization and clarity, but its TOO real. I took them off and felt deafened because I no longer felt the overly defined treble in my ears.

No. *grabs skullcrushers while multiple audiophiles cringe in fear*

Updated on Feb 21, 2010

sound leak isn't really an issue. You'd only hear it in normal situations if you're listening for it. Then again, I'm used to people playing ipod earbuds so loudly you can hear them from +5 feet away.
These do sound pretty good around your neck though. Just turn them up all the way and you get pretty good stereo separation!