graeamos's Full Review: Koss TD-80 Consumer Headphones
As a college student, I purchased these headphones because I needed something for listening to tv and music on my computer, and I wanted it to sound good without being distracted by outside noise.
The Koss TD80 is comfortable to wear for an extensive amount of time, around 3 hours and is closed to outside noise. The ear cushions are very soft and form to your ears, but may make you feel enclosed and hot if worn in above room temperature. The cushioning basically fits tight around your head/ears, but so much so that sometimes the hair around your ear gets wet.
How do you fix this? Stretch the headphones often so that they are looser fitting around your head. The headband part that rests on the top of your head is of good quality, but would be better if it had a back strap option so when you lower your head to do something, it doesnt fall forward from the weight.
The volume adjuster one each side of the Koss TD80 headphones are great because if you are like me, and you have one ear that hears better than the other, then you can adjust the volume to sound equally distributed.
The sound is wonderful. Nice bass and treble throughout the headphones. The sound is even better when you can use a program like PowerDVD to adjust the headphones to sound differently, like DolbySurround, TruSoundXT or Stereo, etc.
The coil cord tends to pull on one side of the headphones when you are more than a couple feet outstretched. Also the coil cord is weighty enough that it also causes one side of the headphones to droop. I strongly recommend getting a headphone extension cord.
The headphone size adjuster is a bit too loose for my convenience. I have to adjust it every time I wear the headphones because the notches seem to come loose and doesn't lock, instead it sort of just slightly clicks. Or maybe they are worn out too easily.
OVERALL:
I've had my Koss TD80 for about 3 years now, and I recommend these affordable headphones for frequent to dailiy use. I even had them replaced for $5 after I dropped them and the audio in one ear went dead. Of course, Koss didnt replace it with the exact same model, but the new headphones were similar [the cushioning not as great].
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