Great sound, good detail, good comfort. Was a little worried when I first put them on that the pads wouldn't angle on my ears right but they did enough and they're comfortable so far. little punchier than Koss and I think I prefer those still because of how moddable they are. This is a nice little separate flavor though, on par with them in every way just a bit different. these are my favorite types of headphones and these make the cut! Read more

Does what Koss should've done 40 years ago. At LESS than the price of a Koss Portapro, KPH40, or KSC35, the Old Fashioned finally dethrones Koss and disrupts the budget, no weight, retro headphone styled market. What does it do better? 1. Detachable cables - you no longer have to worry about the cable going bad/desoldering at the driver forcing you to solder or buy a replacement/warranty your Koss headphones. Koss, PLEASE GET WITH THE PROGRAM, and not with your half baked Urility series which never addressed the cable issue. 2. Much more comfortable - due to the really soft pads, this is onfy ALWAYS. I know you can get Yaxi pads and other alternatives for Koss, but they change the sound in ways some may hate. 3. The Sound. Wow. For $25, this sounds cleaner and more high end than many, many headphones costing many multiple times its price. It's clean, neutral toned, crisp, and punchy. It's not anywhere as boomy/bassy as Koss Porta, KSC35, KPH40, but it sounds quite more refined. If you find Koss too laid back and dark, this is the one for you. The mid bass still has some punch to it, but there's not much in the way of sub bass, so if you're looking for bass, stick to Koss. This is for those that want more out of everything else. Moondrop will be releasing some clips for this headphone in the future, if you want something more like the KSC75. Note that the drivers on the Old Fashioned do come off, and pop back on easily, but it's a different design than Koss, so you have to wait for Moondrop. If you're looking for aftermarket cables, be wary, I got some that sucked out even more of the bass, so I recommend sticking to the stock cables unless you want to experiment. The stock cable is very light/thin, but otherwise easy to manage, and sounds great. 9/10. A no brainer buy. Outside of bass heads, everyone else should get this. Read more

I am understandably a little shocked at just how well theses sounded, but the old fashioned is my first foray into retro 'gimmick' audio products. It's not a gimmick, it's a fun retro nostalgia form factor with solid moondrop tuning, the sound is not something I can really describe other than pleasant, surprisingly 'punchy' (do not interpret it as having any bass worth writing home about), and the detail retrieval is remarkable for oh, 40 odd aussie bucks. You can get these cheaper off ali-express (maybe like 3-5 dollars cheaper after tax but-), the old fashioned has immense potential for modding and promises to come with 4.4 balanced termination (and apparently USB-C) elsewhere. Read more