{"id":153668,"date":"2023-01-08T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=153668"},"modified":"2024-06-19T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:03:41","slug":"koss-bt330i-review-awesome-budget-bluetooth-headphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/koss-bt330i-review-awesome-budget-bluetooth-headphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Koss BT330i: Awesome budget Bluetooth headphones"},"content":{"rendered":"

The motto\u00a0of the Koss company\u00a0is “we don’t know how to make headphones more expensive, but everything is great with cheap ones!”\u00a0This review was supposed to be about the new\u00a0Koss headphones\u00a0with ANC, which cost a lot of money, but they didn’t work for me and I didn’t waste my time on them.\u00a0But I also received simple, cheap, well, almost no over-the-ear bluetooth headphones\u00a0KOSS BT330i\u00a0.\u00a0And you know what?\u00a0They are beautiful!<\/p>\n

First of all.\u00a0These headphones cost $50!\u00a0You don’t expect anything from them, they are like a spendthrift, no person will expect something worthwhile from wireless earbuds for such money.\u00a0And they take it and blow it up!\u00a0They play like kings!\u00a0But more on that later.<\/p>\n

Design<\/h3>\n

Describing the design of these headphones is equivalent to the design of a sheet of plywood – nothing special.\u00a0Here and there are the simplest materials, a light body, cheap buttons and bowls that drum.\u00a0Well, they look normal on the head due to the imitation of depth on the bowl.<\/p>\n

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Ergonomics<\/h3>\n

Over-the- ear headphones\u00a0are always a pain, as the cups press against your ears, rather than around your ears like full-size headphones.\u00a0One and a half hours of listening to the new ASDS album and my ears are tired, the next day there is pain, after a week you start to get used to it, after a month everything will be ok, and the arc will stretch.\u00a0The buttons are simple, but very practical, easy to grope blindly, convenient to control.\u00a0They sit quite firmly, even for their minimal weight, and are suitable even for jogging, there are no questions here.<\/p>\n

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Sound<\/h3>\n

Again touching on the topic of expensive Koss ears – whoever writes a nice expensive modern model from Koss – will receive a gift from me personally.\u00a0They don’t know how to make them, but it’s easy to do it cheaply and angrily.\u00a0Connecting the Apple iPhone 11 smartphone to my hi-fi, I was determined to get porridge, soap, dust, a gray mouse, game.\u00a0Anything but not the sound they gave.<\/p>\n

Friends, this is great!\u00a0Voluminous, soft and very versatile.\u00a0Dare Straits don’t refuse to play here, yes, the panorama is not as bright as the best wireless headphones, but wait, do you remember the price?\u00a0Zee Weekend with its non-synthwave plays very deeply and beautifully.<\/p>\n

Royal Blood don’t hide their guitar riffs either.\u00a0In general, really decent.\u00a0For the sake of interest, let’s look at bluetooth headphones at this price, we will see very simple JBL, Sony and Panasonic at a discount and all kinds of Chinese.\u00a0But no model will play even half as cool.<\/p>\n

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Battery<\/h3>\n

The battery in this flimsy design lasts only 12 hours, and at maximum volume and if it’s still winter outside, then up to 10 for sure.\u00a0But it’s ok for this class of headphones.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

There is not much to say about such headphones, you have to take them and listen.\u00a0This is a really unique case, even more unique than the release of full-sized AirPods.\u00a0Yes, simple materials, but everything is very ascetic.\u00a0But they play great.<\/p>\n

Pros<\/h3>\n