[cassilis]

I am searching for the perfect pair of on-ear or around ear headphones for portable use almost exclusively with ipod and laptop (I live in France so catch a lot of trains). I have read many of the excellent reviews on this site and others but despite the words of warning and the other excellent products pushed I still lean towards the Bose on-ears (or 'supra's' as they're called in this part of the world). My reasons are that they reduce to a fairly small size and come with a more-handy-than-the-average-pouch case, have a short (.4m) lead (for use primarilly with ipods I can't justify buying anything with a long un-detachable cord that i would need to wrap around my neck several times!) and, despite the warnings about bose's relative lack of cost efficiency compared to other products on the market, noone really seems to bag the actual sound of the on-ears that much. So is it true? Is the sound comparable to other products of similar ilk on the market beause the 'surrounding' feautures of the on-ears fit my bill than any other product that I know of. Please shout me down, show me to the way of the light..