Alright, well I decided to order the 95x. Honestly itâs mostly of a âI have to knowâŠâ type of feeling with an expectation that it wonât be incredibly impressive. Iâm sure they are GREAT, but every headphone I own I feel are GREAT⊠so itâs a bit like âhow many great headphones do you really need?â lol.
But I need to know⊠I have not been able to stop thinking about it. I also take the point of having the Loki in the chain really helping with things too, but Iâll try them vanilla first.
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Ha, I did the same thing an hour ago for the same exact reasons. 
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I canât imagine a scenario where you guys wonât be happy with them. I like them most off of my Airist R2R, but they sound good regardless.
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I did not jump on them the first day of the sale and then figured it was too late. Iâm happy to hear opinions of them are so favorable. @ the current price it was too good to pass up and I would be kicking myself for months if I didnât purchase. who needs food, clothes and essentials anywayâŠpffftttt
They weigh next to nothing, and the pads are ok but a little unrefined. You can order replacement pads for $5 (!!!) from Kossâs website, but I grabbed the Dekoni Fenestrated Sheepskin pads for them and they make them a lot more comfortable. They were pretty comfy to start, but the velour is a bit itchy
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Yeah itâs comfy but the build is on the cheaper side, but they do have a lifetime warranty from koss
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Where did you get the Dekoni pads from, i canât seem to find them, please.
Drop had them a few weeks back. I want to say I paid $65?
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Theyâre available on Dekoniâs site here https://dekoniaudio.com/product/dekoni-audio-elite-fenestrated-sheepskin-for-the-koss-95x/
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Found them, dammit my $25 off coupon now doesnât work 
âŠitâs always something
I went from:
- Didnât like them at first
- Two hours in and they were Amazing! So much detail
- Five hours and end of session. Very impressive, especially for jazz. Sounding weak on the rock. Needs a little more bass, a little more high end and a little more body/soul/heart/whatever you want to call it.
Plug in my Loki on a Sunday, EQ like crazy and never look back.
I finally found a good partner for my SMSL SP200 and it is the first time in days that I havenât been wanting to put the E95X back on.
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Holy crap! I would just screw things up with that. 4 bands is pretty idiot proof.
Going to try it plain first, but I dug this out of my closet for the occasion when I want to start playing with it. I think the Loki is probably a bit better in terms of noise itâll add to the signal, though. If I like how EQ plays with it, then may consider picking one up.
You will be impressed with the stock sound for a while. I EQ them like crazy. I have never raised all four bands before. As I mentioned before, it is probably like playing a TV on its most saturated setting.
Interested to hear your before and after. As I learn constantly, we all hear differently.
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which headphone was it?
I posted my thoughts on these wonderful headphones here:
One thing iâm surprised not mentioned here is the immersion these headphones give. and i think its the size of the drivers that gives this.
My cheapie, the Senn HD58X.
Yeah, I remember reading yours too. =)
One of the reasons Iâve been interested in them.
if you can get a listen to some sound lab 'stats, you may change your mind about timbre. my clearest memory is the model A1 that i heard last in the 90s. except for the humongous pair i heard at THE Show Newport about 2014.
they towered over us and i didnât think that there would be any possible accuracy of scale. a solo guitar was played and omg, it sounded like a solo guitar in size and timbre. how that is done with such a large transducer is beyond me. be prepared for relatively high pricing but realize that the value is commensurate with price with these speakers.
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