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Koss HB60 Infrared Clip-On Wireless Headphones | 
 enlarge | Brand: Koss
Category: CE
List Price: $65.57
Buy New: $36.99
You Save: $28.58 (44%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 13 x 4 x 9
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: 145723
Model: 145723
UPC: 212991457224
EAN: 0212991457224
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Infrared wireless headphone set for home theater, video, or audio use | | • | Frequency response of 30 Hz to 15 kHz | | • | 250 square feet of cordless coverage | | • | Clip-on-style earpieces rest comfortably on head | | • | 3.5 mm plug connects to most audio and video systems |
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Product Description
New advances in materials and design have served to expand the performance of Koss products. The company's product development team and engineers look for the most innovative combinations of existing and new technologies to deliver the most exciting products possible.PRODUCT FEATURES:Dynamic element in stereophone for extended frequency response;Includes compact infrared transmitter, receiver and stereophone;Ideal for home theater and video;Connects to most audio and video systems;Provides 250 square feet of convenient cordless coverage.
Amazon.com Product Description
With the Koss HB60 Infrared Clip-On Wireless Headphones, you can roam up to 250 feet in any direction from your music source without missing a beat. With an infrared transmitter, receiver and stereophones, these headphones are ideal for home theater and video. What better way to enjoy both the comfort of your home and your favorite music! The Koss HB60 Headphones feature a dynamic element for extended frequency response and can connect to most audio and video systems.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Infrared wireless works just fine January 23, 2005
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
The best part of the Koss HB60 is that you can plug any standard headphone jack into the infrared receiver. Thus, with the HB60 you can convert any of the headphones that you already own (and love) to wireless usage.
The worst part about the Koss HB60 is the headphone that it comes with. This thing is designed to be clipped onto your ears, and boy, do they hurt after about 5 minutes! These headphones also have a very strong high frequency boost (which seems to be the standard "Koss sound" - headphones for people with high frequency hearing loss). If you have never listened to Koss headphones, you might think that this hissing sound is due to poor infrared transmission. IMHO, Koss should lower the price of the Koss HB60 and just sell it without this bad headphone.
When I plugged my two Sennheiser headphones (HD545 and HD570) into the Koss HB60, they both sounded great! I can't tell that there is much difference between plugging these headphones directly into the computer/player versus plugging into the Koss HB60. There is very little hissing noise with the Sennheiser headphones plugged in as long as the receiving unit is facing the transmitter directly and located less than about 8 feet away or so. Turn the receiver to face another direction and the hissing increases only slightly, as the receiver picks up the reflected signal off the walls of the room. Step out of the room, or go to a part of the room where the transmitter is not sending any infrared beams, and the signal is completely replaced by static.
The Koss HB60 amplifies the input signal quite a bit, about 4-5 times as loud. This is great if your input signal is fairly weak, such as can happen with some cheap CD players or computers. However, because of this high gain, the amplifier of the Koss HB60 will saturate on the louder pieces of music if you set the input signal strength too high. This will sound like bursts of irregular high frequency static coming through. However, if you set the input signal too low, then there is a slight increase in the hissing sound. So you have to adjust the input signal carefully.
The only really annoying thing about the Koss HB60 is that the belt clip is located directly over the cover for the two AAA batteries. However, the clip is detachable, which, as I only discovered recently, is the real trick to changing batteries on this thing - pull the belt clip off first!
So I took off one star, but otherwise the Koss HB60 is a fine product as long as you understand the inherent limitations of this form of wireless transmission.
I got the Koss HB60 because I wanted to listen to headphones while stringing tennis racquets. I do the stringing in our family computer room, so I can't use the computer speakers most of the time when others are working in the room. The racquet stringing requires some moving around, but mostly I am standing facing in one direction. Thus, I can clip the receiver to the collar of my shirt so that it mostly faces the transmitter. Before, I had plugged the Sennheisers into one of the computers in the same room through an extension cord. This long line was always very messy and easy to step on or get entangled. I ruined at least two of the Sennheiser headphone cords in this fashion by stepping on them and jerking them until they developed an internal break in the wires. Now I can listen to the Sennheisers without worrying about the cord.
 Too noisy December 11, 2004
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this set of headphones after going through 2 sets of RF headphones (advent and AR) for use while working out. My RF phones were both a little bulkier than I'd like while working out, and I eventually had problems with both pairs of them losing reception in the middle of workouts after a few months of use (new batteries didn;t help).
I had heard that IR might be a better choice, as the IR signal would generally hold as long as there was a line of sight to the transmitter. I also thought this would be a good unit as it had a seperate clip-on receiver that I could use with any set of headphones, so I wouldn't have to worry about too much sweat eventually causing a problem with the electronics. I also wanted the ability to use lighter phones more condusive for workouts.
I had read that IR wireless phones were generally similar quality to RF phones, the only drawback being the line of sight limitation.
As soon as I tried these phones, though, I was immediately dissatisifed with the amount of background noise with them. No matter how good of a signal I run to the transmitter (without overloading the input, of course), I couldn't get rid of a very distracting hiss. I don't expect wireless phones to be as good as wired ones, but my RF phones were way quieter (until they lost their signal, of course).
I haven't tried any other IR wireless phones, and after reading some good reviews on other units, I can't believe they all sound this bad. There's the possibility that my unit is bad, but so far no response from Koss support.
Right now, I find them completely unusable. If you like tons of hiss, these are for you.
 Five stars for uniqueness; almost gave it four May 3, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I almost gave it four stars but added a fifth star because in all the searching I have done, this is the only product in the market, as far as I know, that has a separate receiver that has an input jack so that you can plug in any headphone.
The advantage of this for me is that I can listen to the TV or my CD player with my favorite earbuds plugged into the Koss receiver. The receiver is small and light-weight and can be clipped onto my exercise clothing, allowing me to do floor aerobics with no problem. It is also tough; I dropped it 5 feet onto a hard surface and thought it was a goner, but it is working just as well as before.
The earbuds I use are comfortable and has high-quality sound. These are not the earphones that came with this Koss unit. Those earphones that came with the unit are extremely uncomfortable and, for me, unusable because of that.
However, other elements make up for this.
Receptivity is good, but, as with all infrared devices, you need to keep the receive and transmitter in line of sight. I can go out of the room and still use this, as long as the door is open and there is a direct line of sight between the transmitter and receiver.
Battery power is very good. Two AAA's have lasted me about twenty hours.
The sound quality is good enough for me. There is always a background hiss that becomes louder as the distance increases between the receiver and transmitter and as the battery wears out, but I can hear the bass and treble ranges well. It seems to not handle the bass as well. Luckily, the hiss becomes less noticeable if you are playing rock. It is more noticeable for classical music but is not a great drawback, at least for me, because I am no audiophile; however, I am still pretty discriminating a music listener and enjoy my music. But I can imagine how it can disappoint if you expect no background noise.
I've found that to decrease the hiss and the vibration from the bass, you need to turn down the volume on the stereo/TV of origin very low, and then to adjust the volume on the infrared receiver to the desired level.
For both the functionality and the uniqueness of the separate clip-on receiver with the output jack, I think this product definitely deserves 4 stars but I gave it a fifth because I was in an unusually generous mood. Koss needs to redesign the awfully painful earphones or just get rid of them.
Nearly perfect for my purposes June 2, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Unlike most users, I was looking for wireless headphones to use with TV, instead of with a computer or audio system. I also wanted a unit that would accept other headphones so that I could use my own earbuds which are comfortable for me. This product met my needs and at a much more reasonable price than other units I could find on the market that accept other headphones.
Items of note:
I had to provide my own adapter to go from the small stereo audio plug on the base unit to the dual RCA plug outlet on my TV, but I expected this. I wasn't sure this would work, but it does.
When the unit is turned on, it causes some interference with my TV picture. It's not so bad that it makes using the headset not worth it.
I like the fact that it is infrared instead of radio frequency so I don't have to worry about interference with my cordless phone or computer wireless connection (or that of my neighbors!)
Overall, this is a very good product at a reasonable price.
 DO NOT PURCHASE February 5, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Over the years I have purchased several makes and models of wireless earphones.headphones ranging in price from25 to 200 dollars. I am famaliar with comfort and range of sound being received from transmitter.
This product is awful to say the very least. I am not sure why it is even manifactured. The ear phones fall off constantly if one can even get them on. The clip on receiver is cumbersome and can not be covered in the least bit. The transmitter has to be way above ones head in order not to interfear with transmission. It can not be used near one's computer if you have any wireless items hooked up to computer. And on top of all of that weather used on computer, stero or tv. you can not move more than four to five feet away from transmitter for any reception at all. I do not mean just a bit of interferance or static. There is just no sound. Forget going into another room....ha ha ha...No such thing is possible. I would return the product but because everything that I have ever ordered from Amazon works so nicely. I threw away the container it was packed in, shipping invoice and shipping box. It is now in the garbage can where it should be. Please do not waste your money even if you are buying for a child. VERY VERY INFERIOR PRODUCT
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