Koss KPH30i or KSC75 or Porta Pros?

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That sounds like something I really want to try now! I always wanted a little extra bass with these.

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Pics look sick! I got the same color way Yaxis I bought directly from e-earphone in Tokyo during my tour there, unfortunately I didn’t get those freebies, bummer! Also no Rhythm Beige available perhaps for all retail stores? Rockin’ the same KSC75 set and dark grey KPH30i instead, hoping to swap my Red+Blue Yaxi on them next.

BTW Something I’ve been looking for is pairing my KSC75 and KPH30i with a budget dac/amp combo. Any recommendations? Do you use one with yours?

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I use Fio BTR3, Earstudio ES100 and ifi xDSD

stationary the RME ADI 2 DAC and THX AAA 789

Maybe you can look for the Fiio K5 pro for budget, it’s very good

I have as backup the Fiio Q1 II- you can get them used for 60-80

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I am with you

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I plugged my kph30i into my xd05+ yesterday and it made me question everything lol its surprisingly good… xd05+ is overkill though lol

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The koss scale pretty well lol

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I felt pretty silly doing it but do not regret it and will do it again lol

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I’m just going to say I use my koss on some pretty high end stuff lol, sounds great :+1:

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This comes to mind :joy:

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The green light makes them look like alien or outer space headphones. :open_mouth:

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it is a fantastic photo lol I’ll get to try the 75’s soon :+1:

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which makes me think even the ifi zen dac would be slightly overkill too as well, should I jump down to dac-x6 or k3? I’m using laptop on board currently.

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I only really have experience with the xd05+ but my question would be are you using other headphones as well with the amp?

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I think Koss is the most power-hungry I have hence why I’m curious for an entry-level dac/amp. Rest are Pro 82, Blon B8, and KZ iem. I also have a 2.1 logitech speaker set that I rarely use, now they’re glorified headphone extender through the remote lol.

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Honestly the better the amp or DAC you use the better really lol.

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Chances are the DAC-X6 sound worse than your laptop.

Fiio K5 Pro is recommended (and cheaper than the Zen dac).
Edit: If you want portability, the XD05 (non-plus!) is even cheaper. And looks like a desktop DAC anyway heh.

Also, if money is a problem, you just can buy a little amp (JDS Atom), straight into your laptop, enjoy the power, then order a DAC in the future (SMSL M100, SMSL Sanskrit 10th, Topping D10, etc). and enjoy clean sound. :slight_smile:

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(Yes I know the Schiit Heresy is now available for the same price as the JDS Atom but for IEMS and a Takstar? holy overkill batman lol. The 1 watt from the Atom is more than enough.)

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The noise floor with iems is slightly lower on the atom from my experience so that works well with iems

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I mean at this point you probably don’t need one but if you want one the k5pro comes highly recommended on the forum for sure but it’s pretty pricey and (at least in Canada) it’s more expensive than the zen… i’m not familiar with the k3 but the fiio btr5 is also highly recommended here and more budget friendly

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I would suggest skipping the k3 and go for the k5 pro or btr 5 instead imo (or the zen dac)

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