Hmm. Question: How is the KSC75 sound without modding? Very bright? I'm thinking of getting another pair direct from US through a friend sometime next year.

Just got my hands on one of PcWork's recabled KSC-75 today. Am enjoying the sound so far, the problem is that the phones are sitting rather loose on my ears, I think because my ears are rather small-- just now at LRT station got bumped a bit by someone and the headphone fell off. Any solution besides bending the hooks like a pretzel?

LOL Nightstalker1993. That was me! Subang Parade's Digital One-- or did you see me in Parkson after that? The amp was a FiiO E5. Small sized chick with a large sized handbag, yes? I was testing out the amp with the KSC-75 after I bought a cheapo 3.5 to 3.5 interconnect and a USB cable (I suspect the shop hammered me on the USB cable price, seriously. Not buying from them again!) to charge the amp with, since I got the KSC-75 and E5 from Darkchaser second hand (third hand in the case of the headphones), and he didn't include the interconnect cable or USB cable. All working fine, and the amp REALLY helps with powering the KSC-75: my current player is Samsung YP-U3, and is ridiculously underpowered, can't power the headphones worth a danged thing; even with amp still needs high volumes. Can't wait till my Sansa Clip+ gets here. Also want to get a custom 3.5-3.5 interconnect, but must wait for later time, since I just plonked RM390 on Edifier C3 and am broke for the next three months.

Pc Bro, sure lifetime warranty? You said it not me! Though am no Leng Lui by any stretch of the definition... thanks for the advice on the headphone clips; though I think it was me not used to putting on the headphones properly. Finally managed to get them on right. LOL.

terradrive: Yeah-- also good luck trying to play anything loud enough to hear on KTM without an amp. Tried that. Not good!

Experience so far with KSC-75 plugged into my laptop's onboard soundcard, Foobar2k (plugins used: ASIO, resampled to 48kHz with ultra mode on, advanced limiter and skip silence), all source files at 192 kbps or better, most being FLAC: Sounds good, about equal to the other set of good cans I own, the Beyerdynamic DT231 in some instances and better in others. Bass is quite ample and clean on listening to Vienna Teng's "Augustine" and some AC/DC and Metallica; however I think the bass has more oomph on the Beyerdynamic. Details are clear listening to Sigur Ros and listening to "Silhouette" from Mike Oldfield's 2008 album Music of the Spheres is a treat as Lang Lang's piano sounds like drops of water falling into a still pool, and each pluck of the guitar on Trace Bundy's "Acoustic Ninja" is as sharply obvious as sand on black paper. Can hear all the various instruments nicely when listening to Trevor Pinnock playing Bach. And Kate Bush sounds very detailed and clear, not at all muddy, all layers coming through. Highs are fantastic on all tracks, especially on Vangelis' "Rachel's Song" from the Blade Runner soundtrack and the Tallis Scholars' "Spem in alium". Vocals on these tracks sound even airier with the Koss. The separation of all the various voices ("Spem" has 40 parts total), the clarity and detail on "Spem" is lovely with the Koss.

Feel: a bit loose on the ears, so I have to keep adjusting. Otherwise it's quite comfortable, though the foam is a little scratchy. Am planning to try and see if i can get some Plantronics leatherette ear cushions and see if it helps any with a little extra bass and maybe more comfort.

Portability: the recabled cables are kinda stiff, but at least they don't get extremely tangled like my other 'phones. XD Otherwise, easy to carry around! Thumbs up to PcWork's superb job with the cabling.

Overall I don't regret plunking RM100 on this KSC75. Worth every sen!

Akabane sensei, looks like it's really clunky, that AD2000-- how can you sleep with them on? For myself, when listening in bed whilst falling asleep, I use speakers.

I think so. Opposite the escalator? You on the lower floor right? The shop next to the place selling all the PC games? I tend to go there often, but the prices are crazy high. Kena hammer already.

PcWork can probably revive it-- but depends what's wrong with it. Someone had this kinda of problem before and asked right here. If cable rosak or contact spoil I think no problem. However if it's a problem with the voice coil or something and you somehow managed to screw it up... no help for it, have to replace already.

No lah, just do a lot of research before buying, and I've been listening exclusively with the KSC75 ever since I got it, so I've tested it across multiple genres by now. Still training my ears to audiophile levels, but scared am going deaf or something. Isssh.

Softer cable is appreciated-- though there's another thing I note: when I move around a lot, the hard cables will hit/rub against each other, it creates a sound which is loud and disturbing when listening to music. Probably no way to fix that.

Agree about the E5, it doesn't seem ot make much of a difference although the bass boost is handy-- should I get a CMoy instead? Sure I would like a Secret amp-- one of you rich people sponsor me then I can la. RM700 boh lui liao.

KSC75 needs amp with my lousy mp3 player... Samsung YP-U3 is an ok player, but seriously delivers little power. If I used without an amp I need to put the volume on the player close to full, about 2/3; with the amp I can turn it up to 50% of the volume or less.

Serious? Pics or it didn't happen! What brand of sponge did you use, and how did you make it?

How would you describe the dishwashing sponge foampad sound, as compared to stock foams? PX200? Don't think so... not sure if they sound good anyway with KSC75. Must remember to search over at head-fi to see if anyone's tried it. I think somebody did, and the results were... meh.

Bro PcWork also makes money from commissions of cables and stuff; we don't mah.

LOL. Bro JerRy, work hard for the next 5 to 10 years and you MAY just be able to afford the stuff that will cost >RM100000 without going instantly bankrupt. Unless you're already a millionaire?

Ear cushions for what model of headphones, bro? If it's a Plantronics leatherette, I might snap at it...

LOL. If I want to buy unmodded Koss, I will ask my friend in US to help me, but I won't until May, cos I already owe her until pokai'd...

KSC75 is currently $11.90 on Amazon-- man, the price keeps going DOWN!

Wouldn't mind getting an unmodded pair for comparison purposes myself, assuming the price is reasonable... waiting for friend to come back with it from US will take another half a year, super long time to wait, that.

Hmm. Question to those using PcWork's recabled KSC75: When you're carrying it around in your bag, do you put it in any special carrier? I recently noticed that the cables on my pair recently are a little-- how to describe it?-- chipped? cracked? Like fine stress marks or something here and there. Especially on the bends (I coiled the cables loosely before dumping the headphones into a pocket in my bag). There are tiny little notches on the cables, like something with sharp edges has been pressing hard into them (unlikely-- I usually keep my headphones in a pocket of my bag on their own, and there's nothing sharp that would press hard enough to leave marks on them in my bag anyway).

I'm not worried that the cables will break or anything-- they are still sound, being pretty new; (about less than a year or so?) but I'd like to know what, if any extra measures of care in handling I should be taking. After all, I don't want PcWorks to have to go and redo his hard work again so fast.

Wow bro, you coil it even looser than I do... then again I was trying to save space and make sure they didn't get squashed by the other stuff in my bag. Will go buy that padded mesh casing later this week then. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hmm. I have plenty of old spectacles cases lying around-- there was once a time when I went through 2 pairs of glasses a year. I guess it doesn't matter how small a coil I make of the headphone cable then? Since all those cases are kinda small...

Looks even MORE like shower cap now leh... I like the red one, but when I see that picture-- there seems to be also a blue version? Or is that something else? The purple looks a bit ugly to me. Then again, I am also a girl.

Silver part is the driver cover which I thought was removable?

*sigh* Amazon US is selling KSC75 at $13.84 right now-- which translates to RM44. Too bad shipping is not free, unless you bought other things from Amazon and total over $25-- in the US that is.