When a company says it makes a headphone designed for women, it usually means it has taken regular headphones and painted them pink.
The Koss FitBuds.
The Koss FitClips.The audio company Koss has gone a step further, though, making women's headphones that are one-third smaller than men's headphones. And they're not available in pink.
The line of headphones, the Koss Fit Series, has two models - the FitClips and the FitBuds, both priced at $30.
The FitClips are an in-ear headphone with a retention clip that goes behind the ear. They are made of a soft rubbery material that fit around my smallish (lady-size?) ears comfortably.
The FitBuds go directly into your ear canals and, like the FitClips, come with three sizes of ear cushions.
The headphones sound good for a $30 set. They are a little on the dynamic side, meaning the sound is a little exaggerated. The tone gives it a pleasing effect as though you are listening through a warm old analog tube amplifier. But songs with heavy bass can sound boomy.
One of the selling points of the headphones is that the Olympic swimmer Dara Torres helped design them. Although, do you know who I like to have design my headphones? Headphone designers. Koss said they used those, too. Female designers.
Although these headphones do not come in pink, they do come in purple, yellow, orange, blue and sea foam green. They are available in Walmart stores.
