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Updated January 10, 2024·
The Antlion Kimura Duo earbuds offer a midrange price, superior comfort, and excellent build quality with a detachable cable, suitable for gaming due to their low latency and also provide good sound quality for music. However, they have lower scores for calls and meetings and are less portable than some other options. The Koss KSC75 headphones come at a budget price and with an open-back design, they provide a larger soundstage that is beneficial for music listening. They are not as comfortable or well-built as the Kimura Duo and they lack a microphone, making them less suitable for calls or gaming. Choose the Kimura Duo for gaming and overall better build quality, and the KSC75 for a budget-friendly music listening experience with greater sense of spaciousness in the sound. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Antlion Kimura Duo
Very good for gaming
Advantages of the Koss KSC75
Good for podcasts and audiobooks
Key differences
Gaming
8.5/10
6.4/10
The Antlion Kimura Duo is very good for gaming, while the Koss KSC75 is only fair.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
5.0/10
7.5/10
The Koss KSC75 is good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the Antlion Kimura Duo is poor.
Noise Reduction
6.0/10
2.5/10
The Antlion Kimura Duo is only fair for noise reduction, while the Koss KSC75 is poor.
Cost
$150
$20
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
The Antlion Kimura Duo has a price of $150 and the Koss KSC75 costs $20.
Build Quality
9.0/10
5.6/10
The Antlion Kimura Duo has excellent build quality, while the Koss KSC75 has poor build quality.
"Antlion Kimura Duo aren’t packed with features, but the ones they offer, work incredibly well. Especially the boom mic delivers very clean call quality with no distortion. If you explicitly look for gaming in-ear monitors with a reliable microphone, Antlion Kimura Duo are your best option."
"Let’s not insult the KSC75 by saying that it’s simply good for the price… because it’s far more than that. It basically has a monopoly at its asking price, and could still give modern budget headphones a run for their money 15 years after its release. The KSC75 is the world’s best not-headphone."
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About Antlion
Antlion Audio is an American company based in Oregon. Founded in 2011 by Jimmy Console, an engineer and physician, in order to create and offer better solutions for voice communication, specifically a microphone which could be used with any set of headphones which materialized in the very popular ModMic. The company has since expanded to include a wide variety of wired and wireless products.
About Koss
Koss is an American headphone manufacturer established in 1953. In 1958, they created the first set of stereophones, that is headphones with stereo sound, and in 1984 they released the world-famous Porta Pro, a set of on-ear headphones that has remained essentially unchanged for more than 30 years and that is still made, sold and loved by many audio enthusiasts around the world today.
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