Me and Headphones, why don't they love me enough to endure?
By the way, I broke another pair of headphones yesterday TT__TT
So after the 3-hour test, I wanted to listen to Takitsuba's Real DX because it was appropriate, and surprise, surprise! The sound only came out from the right piece. I was and I am still upset. I thought this pair would endure the mistreatment it may or may not had suffered. It survived when I jammed it in my bag between heavy books, and when it was forcefully unplugged from the computer because I stood up without taking it off. One time my father's wheelchair even rolled over the jack and it was fine. Its predecessors (my previous headphones) had lasted 2-4 months in average. This pair lasted a glorious seven months; I remember because I got it in Ukraine and that was in April.
At the time I got it, I was getting tired with the sterile sound of my simple Philips pair (which were by then already half-broken, emitting unfriendly white noise), and I was surprised to see this pair of headphones as part of the winning prize. It was a Koss Sportapro and I liked the warmer quality of the sound. The sound leaks, but I'm not a real audiophile and all I care about is the comfort of wearing it. And, well, the bass.
Until it broke.
How come? It was in my bag, neatly folded, the heaviest thing which may have been on top of it was my lunch box, egg sandwich...
Okay, so next time will be a Bose, a JBL, or a Sennheiser. Or maybe another Koss, yea I liked it. And this time it better last!
[edit] I'm browsing for reviews, and a reviewer said she/he had been using Koss Portapro (that's Sportapro's older sibling) for 10 years and it's still functioning perfectly
...
So after the 3-hour test, I wanted to listen to Takitsuba's Real DX because it was appropriate, and surprise, surprise! The sound only came out from the right piece. I was and I am still upset. I thought this pair would endure the mistreatment it may or may not had suffered. It survived when I jammed it in my bag between heavy books, and when it was forcefully unplugged from the computer because I stood up without taking it off. One time my father's wheelchair even rolled over the jack and it was fine. Its predecessors (my previous headphones) had lasted 2-4 months in average. This pair lasted a glorious seven months; I remember because I got it in Ukraine and that was in April.
At the time I got it, I was getting tired with the sterile sound of my simple Philips pair (which were by then already half-broken, emitting unfriendly white noise), and I was surprised to see this pair of headphones as part of the winning prize. It was a Koss Sportapro and I liked the warmer quality of the sound. The sound leaks, but I'm not a real audiophile and all I care about is the comfort of wearing it. And, well, the bass.
Until it broke.
How come? It was in my bag, neatly folded, the heaviest thing which may have been on top of it was my lunch box, egg sandwich...
Okay, so next time will be a Bose, a JBL, or a Sennheiser. Or maybe another Koss, yea I liked it. And this time it better last!
[edit] I'm browsing for reviews, and a reviewer said she/he had been using Koss Portapro (that's Sportapro's older sibling) for 10 years and it's still functioning perfectly
...