allan catt Loc: gillingham,kent,uk

Just bought a pair of Bose best I have ever had,great for general use and brilliant for Ipad,before I had an old pair of Sony for 15 years,really good but Bose are much better,they are exspensive,but well worth it.

Mr.elwood1 Loc: Oregon City, Oregon

I have Sony XB 700. I like them a lot, they're comfortable, and they sound GREAT! I looked at several brands and models in that price range, and nothing came close to these, For sound or comfort.

WNYShooter Loc: WNY

You will find 7506's used in more Professional Studios, as well as on most other Pro Audio applications, world wide than ANY other headphone. They are built tough, are extremely accurate, and transparent.

arlissd

A couple of years ago I did the research to find the best noise cancelling headphone for listening. I found that the JVC Model HA-NC250 were beating out some of the Boise Models. The JVC headphones are great, come with carrying case, cable, and attachments. The Headphone are collapsible, which makes it easy to carry them around.

Toolking Loc: Pacific Northwest

Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7B QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling Closed-Back Headphones

I just bought a set of these from Amazon for 104.00 for an upcoming trip to Europe. I'm an old audiophile who's old ears no longer require the best. (I also have a classic set of Koss Pro4A they just don't travel well.)

tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

I am going to make a recommendation that most will scoff at. For the paltry price of $23, you can have the Monoprice 8323 over the ear headphone. These are the best kept secret in the audio industry. They listen like phones that cost 5-6 times as much. If you risk $23 on them, you will not be disappointed. If you are willing to go with On-The-Ear phones, you cannot beat the Koss Porta-Pros, for around $35...These have been in continuous production since 1984 and for good reason. They are the guilty pleasure of many audiophiles.

rebride

How about the Philips M1/28 Fidelio On-Ear Headphones that are really marked down because new model is coming. Comfortable. Warm sound. What HiFi's 2014 'best portable 100.00-200.00'
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008OQLLT6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 All black model, not orange.
I am also now using a V-MODA XS. very small, great sound. Although the XS is out of your price range, many of the V-Moda are now just a little over $100.00. Check them out.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

I second this choice. Grado is the lightest most comfortable headphones I've tried for the sound you get. If it were not for the open design that allows some ambient noise in I would say they produce studio quality sound.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

^^^Tough too. I've had a pair for years now... :thumbup:

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Listening phones are completely a personal preference issue. What I like and what you like are different completely. And the material you listen to is different than mine too.

I would suggest taking your own music source, such as a MP3 player, and go to Best Buy and other electronics stores in your area to try different models with your standardization tool - the MP3 player that equalizes the playing field. Without one you're at the mercy of the display. Each brand's display will have a different sounding source. Make sure you're using high quality MP3s that are at least 256k not crappy 128k muddy ones.

I was looking for phones in that price range about a year ago and I found that models that were supposed to be great weren't, and brands you didn't even consider before going to the store were better. Some were great on bass but lacked highs. Some were razor sharp on highs but lacked bass. Some were somewhat flat but dull. Stay away from brands like Skull Candy which is just a marketing company selling bright colored crap.

I had a pair of the Sonys that have been recommended. They were great at first but as the neodymnium magnets lost their magnetism the phones started losing low end and eventually became pretty useless. Of course that was over a 5 year period of ownership.

Panasonic makes some pretty nice headphones for reasonable prices. TDK does too. Some of the best sounding I've found were Bose though. They have a couple that are on-ear and over-ear that sell in about the price range you're looking at, maybe a little bit more unless you find a sale going on. They are NOT the active noise-cancelling ones but pretty nice with no peaks or valleys in the equalization. I have the active ones myself and they're exceptionally flat but they're $300 so they should be.

You should check out Guitar Center if you have one near you because musicians who are more attuned to sound, and have home recording studios, usually buy their headphones from a music store. Guitar Center carries a rack full on both sides with brand names that musicians trust. AKG, Fostex, Sony, Audio Technica, and other names that have been around for a very long time.

balticvid Loc: Queens now NJ

Yep. Good advice.This is the way to go.

Clif Loc: Central Ca.

It is hard to beat Koss for quality and at a reasonable price. Many brands are not very good but well advertised and sell for a lot more money. Check the Koss warrentee program. I have a pair of the old Koss AA that were bought about 1969, they put new ear cussions and shipped them back to me for free about 5 years ago. Beat that for customer support. They sell direct on the web. www.koss.com

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

I don't know if they still do but Koss used to make many of the larger Radio Shack headphones for them. Radio Shack whores out manufacturing to just about anybody now so that's probably not valid today.

I remember Koss from the days of "Discrete 4-channel" systems in 1974-1975. Koss had headphones with two speakers in each ear cup, one behind your ear, one in front, and two stereo 1/4" plugs on the end of the 4-conductor cable. Then the 4-channel war between Discrete and Matrix-encoding was over and those vanished. Those who still have 4-track Tascam or Teac reel-to-reel recorders probably wish they could still find a set of those!

I also remember another failed headphone concept that Koss was one of the players in. I think it was called Electrostatic phones where power was applied to the speakers in the ear cups from a power supply. I assume it was to boost the magnetism of the speakers through electromagnetic windings which would increase bass response. Main problem was having this brick-sized power supply kind of reduced the mobility and convenience of wearing headphones.

Clif Loc: Central Ca.

You may want to look at some of the electrostatic speakers and their specifications. You can buy Headphones with electrostatic elements from most of the high end makers for upwords of a thousand. The specifications of most modern headphones are so close and sound so similar there is just finding which one you like for style or color. After about $50.00 they are similar until you get to $400.00, so pick a price point and go shopping. As to Radio Shack, they have always had a consistant level of quality.

Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

JAM Bluetooth wireless Head phones. $50.00

http://www.walmart.com/ip/HMDX-HX-HP420-Jam-Transit-Bluetooth-Headphones-with-Microphone/36443065