Youâre listening to the wrong kind of music with the KPH30is. Try wide sound stage music, like acoustic guitar, jazz, bassy chill hop. Theyâre not as detailed, but theyâre wide, open, not fatiguing, and in slower music, there actually is a fair amount of detail. They are not geared as much towards, for example, female vocals, violin, and harp. But again, in some slow music with less siblance, and airiness, the KPH can deliver. You can also try amping them, just donât overdo it. They sound great on a 789.
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thatâs basically everything I listen to lol
after months of use, I still prefer the KSC75 on 95/100 songs
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I agree with pretty much all your statements about the 30i. It really isnât all that impressive compared to other headphones. All that it has going for it imo is fun bass at an affordable price. The detail just isnât there compared to the 75, itâs no contest there. I prefer the 75 as well.
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I love mine, but canât seem to run them off my amps. Whenever I use a quarter inch adaptor with these the sound gets all messed up. Has anyone else experienced this?
hmm mine works just fine ⊠could it be the adapter? maybe try a different adapter or the same adapter on a different headphone?
Yeah Iâve run mine off my Asgard 3 and my old Magni 3 and it definitely improved the sound - it didnât make it worse. It is probably the quarter inch adapter being the problem, I would think?
I had that issue not sure if the same but when plugged to amp it sounded quiet and muffled. Solution was to either pull it off a bit from quarter inch adapter or final solution to change that damn adapter for one that works.
I have had that issue before and it is usually an issue with the adapter like the others have said. The adapter causes a short within the jack which messes with the audio.
Switching to a different adapter almost always fixes it. Once you confirm the fix throw away the current one.
My KPH30i broke. I guess the driver and housing are wedged into a rubber washer on the band? Does that come off often? Well i jammed it back in there as best i could. but it fell back out. So i put it back in and superglued it in. hope it holds. it really does sound great for movies and youtube
If not, I believe they are pretty good about warranties.
I bought an extra adapter from Sweetwater. It sounded all messed up with my Porta Pro. They work fine with an adaptor that came with my 6XX, however.
Koss has a lifetime warranty, so you could probably get them either fixed or replaced (unless theyâve been modded, maybe). I modded mine with Yaxi pads, so Iâd guess my warranty is kaput now.
Well they have now been super glued, might count as modified.
Even so Koss charges shipping there and back i hear. so it may be cheaper to just buy another pair.
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any chance youâll offer this as a service? I tried and failed already once 
Itâs all in black and white. No need relay on rumors.
https://www.koss.com/support/warranty-repair
You pay shipping so technically Koss does not charge for it. They do want 9$ for the return.
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I donât mind, but I live in Australia, and assuming you live in the States, itâs $30-35 extra for shipping on top of what I would charge for modding it and time it would take to ship it there in a pandemic. I donât think itâs worth your time and money to wait that long, unless you really want it.
You could relocate too haha Np, but youâre probably right ya
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These with a pair of Yaxi Pads sound and feel so good that it makes me angry. If I had just gotten these to begin with I wouldnât have had to go down this multi-thousand dollar rabbit hole lol.
I truly donât understand how they figured out how to get essentially my ideal sound signature in these things. Drop sometimes has these for $20 - theyâre a complete no-brainer at that price.
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They are on drop for $20 now. As of yesterday, maybe still.