Porta Pro

I don't agree. Koss Porta Pro are way better than these. These are muddy af when Koss are dark but still clear

I have both of them and I can really tell you that the loss are way over these on all plans. You may dislike the tuning but you are not objective on the rest.

I personally use the Koss Porta Pro and they are amazing !

Saw this thumbnail of Chick Corea's piano tutorial on YouTube and immediately recognized him wearing Koss Porta Pro. Such a delight to see because I'm currently learning piano and using my modded KSC75 (on headband) and Porta Pro alternately when playing with headphones. I thought, "Oh, so professionals are really using it." Any professional or budding musicians/hobbyists here? What instrument are you playing, and what headphones are you using?

Portapros

PortaPros. Playing Akon's I Wanna Love You.

KOSS PortraPro in 1989! Spending $39 dollars back then on headphones was a lot of money as I was only 20. Up until then I was only listening to whatever headphone came with a Walkman. I had upgraded to a Sony Walkman or maybe it was a Panasonic that had a manual equalizer and was always wondering about the Porta Pro I saw at the military base PX. So I bought them and omg! I discovered that songs had so much more to them!! First song was some Slayer from their South Of Heaven cassette. These days I only have two headphones/earphones, a Focal Stellia and a Shure SE846. My only player is a Qudelix 5K via iPhone.

Strongly agreed. I think the same also applies for a lot of punk, post-punk and grunge (70s-90s). I don't have anything of my original audio setup or records anymore and right now listening to the Ramones first album streaming from Qobuz and even using mid-range headphones (I don't have any high-end) it's far too revealing (the vocals are really unbalanced on this record, and when cleaned up it's even moreso) and pretty much lifeless. Many of these were cheaply made recordings and/or meant to be fuzzy and they really do sound better with lower-end gear. I think I'm happiest with Koss Porta Pro for stuff like this.

Yes, I also think speakers are much better for punk (I don't have any IEMs). I think they blend things a lot better. Porta Pros are funny and kind of wonky and I can totally see what you mean about hooking it in the rest of the gear, but the cool thing is when I'm wearing them I am not actually thinking too much about it, if that makes sense. It seems to smooth out the really rough edges on the actual recordings that have been brought into the foreground using newer headphones.

I use porta pro when I don’t want iems stuck in my ears. I think there perfectly fine. I play online marathon and arc raiders.