Koss KSC-22 Consumer Headphones

Pros: Reportedly comfortable and secure for larger ears.
Cons: Won't fit small ears AT ALL, sound only OK.

Preface I have small ears set close to my head, and I’ve had a devil of a time finding the ...

Pros: Lightweight - Plastic Case - Good Sound
Cons: Lacks strong Bass - May not fit all ears

I bought these as a replacement for the earphones that came with my MP3 player. I wanted something that was not going to keep falling out of my ears during running, walking or working out. Let me say up front that I am not an audiophile. I bought them ...

Pros: Stays on head, what ever your doing
Cons: Terrible Sound

I bought these head phones so that they would stay in my ear, which is great, because I can headbang around as much as I want, go atving, or whatever, and they stay on. Note: I think I have big ears...

The problem with these is that the quality of the sound is terrible. It distorts the bass, and the treble is off pitched.

Pros: Comfortable. Stay in ear even while running.
Cons: Very poor sound quality. Almost no base response.

When the headphones broke on my MP3 player, I went out and bought replacements. As I've had good luck with higher end headphones from Koss, I thought I would give these a try. What a waste of money.

These headphones sound awful. There is almost no base response whatsoever. I can't say I'd recommend them.

However, I say that with one exception. If you don't care about sound quality and simply want a comfortable set of headphones that will stay in your ear while you exercise, you might give them shot.

Pros: None.
Cons: Weak sound (won't fit all the way in your ears).

I just bought the Koss KSC-22 earphones that claim to have a "bass boost"...and they don't. They sound worse (weaker) than the earphones that came with my Panasonic CD-walkman. Oh well, it's a good thing that Best Buy will take them back!

Pros: nice led lights
Cons: unsecure, poor range, poor firmware, not compatible with xbox live

So I paid $129 for my new NetGear Rangemax 240 and was sorely disappointed when I got it home. First, this router is less secure than a $40 Linksys... the NetGear does not 'stealth' your ports, which makes it very easy for hackers to find you on the internet. Stealthed ports are a must for anyone who takes net security seriously.

Second, their outsourced tech support is dismal. I knew more about router and network infrastructure and architecture than their tech support goons.

Third, the firmware is buggy, and requires frequent reboots.

Fourth, I noticed NO increases in speed or range.

And FINALLY this router doesn't work with XBoX 360 wifi adapters so you can not access Xbox live. I was told by tech support that I can buy another one of their routers which is 'Xbox Live Certified' Which if you ask me is just a load of #$!@.

Pros: High Speed & Long Range
Cons: Not easy to set-up, expensive, poor quality control, kept loosing sync with internet.

I had to buy 3 of these only to find out that they would not work properly. Two were defective, the last kept loosing sync with my Motorola cable modem. Each time I waited for a replacement, I only needed 5 minutes to get my Belkin Pre-N router back up and running flawlessly.

We are now sticking with the Belkin. The only reason we wanted to try the Netgear is because we were told it had greater range. But, for the short time it did work, we saw little range advantage over the Belkin Pre-N. Do not waste your money or countless hrs (spent over 8 hrs) on this product. Tech support also told me that any 2.4 GHz wireless phone could cause it to loose sync with the internet!

The Netgear cost $149 on sale and the Berlin Pre-N is only $92.

Pros: Easy setup, reliable
Cons: VPN client not included

Pretty straight forward setup. The only catch was port forwarding. You must first define a service and a port, then go to another screen and define a rule for that service to direct which Lan IP it gets directed to.

The real gotcha is the VPN. No where in the manual is it mentioned that the required VPN client is not included, and isn't free. The manual assumes you have it, and the is no download/buy link on the netgear website for it.