TL;DR: A great pair of headphones that are really easy to listen to, with a great sound stage, and very comfortable on the ears, except for when the headband is folded back.

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When I was shopping for a a cheap pair of beater headphones when my Tascam TH-02 pair broke, I did my normal run to the Head-Fi forums and looked at the recommended list of headphones. The most appealing headphone to me at the time was the Koss PortaPros, which had great reviews telling of a abundance of warmth and fun sound signature. I added the PortaPros to my cart, but then I saw the SportaPros, which kind of caught my eye. They were built specifically with exercise in mind, which is very relevant to me, as I tend to like working out. In addition to that, they were about 20 dollars cheaper than the PortaPros at the time (20 dollars to 40 dollars), and came with a fairly nice headphone bag. I looked up the reviews and lo and behold, there were almost no complete reviews, only small paragraphs explaining not much about the overall headphone. Nevertheless, I took the risk and bought it anyways because I wanted to experiment on and review a pair that nobody really knows about.

I’ve had these for about two months of heavy use, using them almost every day for both exercising and general music/gaming. They’ve held up great in that regard, with them honestly looks just as how I took them out of the packaging. As for the audio quality, I haven’t even heard a difference between then and now, as it sounds just as good, so a burn in might do little to nothing to the audio quality. As for the total quality, these headphones are a joy to listen to. They are pretty well rounded, sounding generally very warm overall. Songs like u by Kendrick Lamar sound great, with the bass not being to boomy, but a bit muddy. The highs are great as well, with songs like i by Kendrick Lamar able to deliver the full depth of the high electric guitar riffs. Overall. they are a very good sounding pair of headphones, and in my opinion, better sounding when compared to the TH-02’s, albeit without as much bass, but much better overall. As for the comfort, these headphones start to be very comfortable after a couple hours of wear and do not feel over-clamping on my head at all. I could easily wear these headphones for 12+ hours without any fatigue. One gripe I have is when the headphones are folded back. For me, the driver sits only partially on my ears, with the only the edge of the driver not hovering. This results in the headphones not as secure on my head as I would like, so I use the headphones folded up, which is what I prefer anyways. Another con of these headphones is the isolation. You could hear much of everything that is going around you, as they don’t provide much protection from outside noise. Other people could also hear my headphones to an extent, as in sitting next to me on the bus while I am absolutely blasting music, but it’s not that bad as some other earphones, for example the Superlux 688. The last thing I dislike of these headphones is that they are so UGLY. They look incredibly cheap despite not sounding so, and resemble the headphones that you would find for 5 dollars at Big-Lots. I never wear them outside of exercising and my house, and that is a shame, because I prefer the sound of these compared to my Xiaomi Piston 3’s much better.

Pros 

Very Portable

Great Sound

Fairly Comfortable

Cheap ~23 dollars on amazon

Cons

Very Ugly

Bass can be muddy at times

Isolation can be bad at times

My Naive Review:

8/10