Anybody have any headphone recommendations?

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Anybody have any headphone recommendations?

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Looking for some over-ear, maybe on ear headphones. Something comfortable, and doesn't boost the bass insanely like beats.
Also, just general discussion over headphones, so I don't seem that selfish.
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If you're into the whole "being active with music" thing, Skullcandy's pretty hard to beat in the warranty department. They give you 50% off a new pair of 'phones if you break 'em while being out and about.

For listening, I love Audio-Technica monitors.
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I'm using AKG K141 Studio... great for music production (very transparent).
Ant they are light and comfortable.
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Shure SRH 440's, less than 70$ on Amazon, from all that I've read, for the money they are great. Less bassy than the sennheisers.
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Koss UR20. good, cheap.
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D.o.S. wrote:For listening, I love Audio-Technica monitors.

This, my M50's are pretty boss. @wsas3, what kind of price range are you looking for?

Anyone use noise-cancelling headphones? Sometimes I think they'd be cool for airplanes and studying and not having to crank the volume to crazy levels in noisy places and stuff, but then I look at prices and say no.
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Im thinking 100-130, although I wouldn't mind spending more than that for something that'll put out for a long time. Those shures look like a good deal, dont need crazy amount of bass. I'll look up the rest once I get home. Thanks everyone!
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Oh, forget about the UR20s then. They're like $20.
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the_carl wrote:
D.o.S. wrote:For listening, I love Audio-Technica monitors.

This, my M50's are pretty boss. @wsas3, what kind of price range are you looking for?

Anyone use noise-cancelling headphones? Sometimes I think they'd be cool for airplanes and studying and not having to crank the volume to crazy levels in noisy places and stuff, but then I look at prices and say no.


I'll third this, I love my Audio Tecnica ATH-M50's. There may be cheaper places around, but I found that the combination lowest price on the headphones and shipping to Canada was at http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/ATH-M50, if you click the link for the coupon code you can get an additional $30 off (I think it was $50 when I bought mine a few months ago though).
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I've got some Brainwavz HM5's on preorder. From what I've read, they're supposed to be good.
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pretty stoked with my AKG 240s
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I love my AKG K-240's for tracking when there is not a lot of high volume stuff - really shine for vocal tracking and acoustic instruments.

For LOUD stuff, i like the extreme isolation ex29's - IMO, the best all around studio headphone. Great warranty and replacement for "accidental" damage!
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