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punxrus:
I was thinking of going with some Skullcandy headphones, but the only problem is, they are hideous! Whatever happened to regular looking headphones...I don't want artwork strewn across my head! I guess I'll just have to look at the Sennheiser's since they make Skullcandy headphones.

Flip_Willie:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on September 16, 2008, 05:05:03 pm --- Sennheiser's  Model 500 or above.

--- End quote ---

Another vote for Sennheiser. I have had the Sennheiser HD-280s for two years, and I love them. The sound-quality is fabulous, and they are great noise cancelers. I don't even have speakers plugged into my desktop anymore.

The only con I have found with my headphones is that the ear covers are starting to rip.

Just as it is,
Flip Willie

Xiaou2:
 
Heya Flip,

 Check Senn's website.   They sell new Ear covers for many of their headphones.

 I just replaced mine recently..  and it was cheap, and dead easy to do.

 I have the  HD 500. 

 They sound so fricken sweet...  Yet I can only imagine how great the
600+  series sounds!  If only I could justify the price!  Good thing I dont
know anyone with them... cause I think if I heard them... I couldnt go
back!  heh  (which is what happened with the ones i have now!  :)  )

 I really never would have imagined that the quality of sound out of these
things could be on a level of magnitude over typical store sold sets.   Its
mind blowing.

 Whats funny... is that sets who claim to have the exact same output specs
sound Nothing like them.  Nowhere near the clarity, power, etc.

 So beware...  those specs on the boxes mean almost nothing.

shmokes:
I have a set of Shure in-ear headphones.  They sound amazing, but are not very comfortable, nor do they really like to stay in.  They come with small/medium/large ear-canal inserts in two varieties, one is a hard plastic, the other is very much like those cheap, squishy foam ear-plugs you use while working with power tools.  The squishy earplugs work really well, actually, but they get disgusting fast, and they're not cheap -- like $10 for three pair.  The plastic ones, no matter what size I used, were all uncomfortable and wouldn't stay in my ears for more than a couple minutes at a time. 

It's especially frustrating because my wife was given a pair of Apple in-ear headphons for her iPod and they're really comfortable and stay in pretty well, in spite of having a one-size-fits-all design as far as I know.  Recently I noticed that Shure sells a soft ear-canal insert separately and I was really excited because I assumed it would make my headphones comfortable like the Apple ones.  Well . . . it was certainly a step in the right direction, but not nearly enough.  It's really a shame.  The headphones sound spectacularly good.

So . . . I guess what you can take from this, is that the Shure E2C headphones sound great and aren't too expensive, but they aren't especially comfortable (or at least, not for everyone).  But these guys know how to make a great-sounding headphone.  So if you're getting a traditional style headset, where comfort is probably not an issue, you can be confident that they'll be a great set of cans.

Singapura:
I have a pair of Shure E5C's with "olive" inserts. They are very comfortable and the sound quality is the best you can get. The Senns HD650 are very great full size headphones. If you go for a budget, try the Koss Portapros or Sennheiser PX200. For more info just go to head-fi.

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