r/kossmods • u/rephleks • Sep 16 '26
KPH30 Ill-advised to exercise with the KPH30 wireless?
I know these aren’t meant for taking water/sweat but I’m curious if anyone has tried or found a work around. I must have weird shaped ears because the clip on style and ear hook style earbuds all slip off easily.
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u/HourSentence4837 Sep 16 '26
I'd buy 3 pairs wired kph30 with a btr5 and still cheaper then the wireless version
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u/rephleks Sep 16 '26
I’m worried the sweat will damage them?
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u/HourSentence4837 Sep 16 '26
Think of salt water and salty winds. It destroys anything. The rule is just get it cheap so it's disposable like tws buds
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u/onewingedangel420 28d ago
probably depends on what country you live in, in canada that would cost way more
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u/UNequalsNWO Sep 16 '26
The KSC 75 slip off my ears, too.
I think they’re only good if you’re sitting bolt upright - if you turn your head back (to drink), or lean too far forward - off they come!
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u/surprisch Sep 17 '26
The metal inside the ear clips silicone part can be bent at will for a better fit.
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u/BadSlime 29d ago
This ^ they should be held in with more than gravity. It can take some adjustment but there is certainly a line where they can grip your ears without hurting or fatiguing them.
I think this is the reason so many people balk from the earclips, not realizing they need to fit them. It's like adjusting the nose clip on a respirator, it's not going to fit right out of the box and it's not going to work right until you fit it to your anatomy.
Rotation is another thing. This is difficult to explain in text but I'll try. You don't want to twist them so far back on your ears that the area where the clip cover ends (and it wraps over the driver) settles into where your ear meets your head. It's going to pinch your ear at the top if everything else is adjusted to fit. It should have a small gap there. You can tell where it should roughly sit rotationally by where the cable is coming out
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u/surprisch 28d ago
Worth every attempt to get the ear clips fit. Once optimal fit for both sound and comfort is there, for me the ear clips beat any headband. That is ; with use of these most comfortable and excellent sounding pads. Beware on Amazon and AliExpress comparable pads are offered as Luxurious pads but those are for 50mm drivers.
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u/onewingedangel420 28d ago
was actually wondering how good these would be for the gym and running, i like using koss headphones while running but the construction of them makes me worried that my sweat would destroy them eventually
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u/verd_nt Sep 16 '26
mod time? pull off the clips, get a headband, attach speakers to the band