Looking for the best headphone for less then $100 for my ipod.

Welcome to Head-Fi, although you don't need to bump every 45 minutes.

The ATH-M50 are a common recommendation for your criteria, and sound great straight out of an ipod. The HD 448 are also a good choice, but are not hugely portable in that they do not fold or collapse. The latter have less bass.

Grado SR60i

They don't need an amp, play well from you ipod

If you're coming from earbuds, they will be a good welcome and have great sound overall, lacks bass, but the bass is still there. Don't take the bass thing seriously.

$80

My first can, and I still love it.

If you want to upgrade, you can mod it half way to the north pole and back

Get a pair of L-cush ear pads to increase the sound and comfort.

You can get the ATH-M50 for around $100 if you can wait for a sale. But yes the HD 448 plays great from an ipod.

ATH-SJ5's if you don't mind on-ear. You can get them for approximately $50 or so (used to be $80 when I bought them) and they're very enjoyable headphones. Good for every genre, and pretty balanced. 

AiAiAi TRACKS!!

http://www.aiaiai.dk/catalog/category/view/s/headphones-w-mic/id/85/

Boom.

If you're only gonna use it for iPod, look for the version without mic. They're also cheaper.

Just to confuse you further, you can also look at the AKG K240s (i.e. K240 Studio), Sennheiser HD 555, Audio-Technica AD700, Sony ZX700, Koss Pro DJ100, and Shure SRH440.  All those are $100 or under.  I made sure not to repeat anybody else's suggestion so far. 

On a serious note, do you need isolation?  (Will you be listening out in public in noisy environments, or where a leaky headphone would disturb others?)  You didn't specify closed versus open, hence the response so far.  There are many decent options at this price range, but some may be more suitable than others depending on what you're looking for.

I would suggest you should have a look at the AKG K430. On ebay they are pretty damn cheap, and I haven't found any report of fakes! Around $40!

Another suggestion that I've been hearing a lot are the Sony MDR-V6. They are monitor headphones, thus balanced. Nothing of a BAM or BOOM compared to the Shures and ATH-M50. 

Check out the AKG K81 as well, pretty good bass there! :D

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Originally Posted by randomkid 

its AKG K518 DJ now i think, and they work well with everything and sound good straight out of an iPod.its AKG K518 DJ now i think, and they work well with everything and sound good straight out of an iPod.

I'll back up randomkid. The AKG K518 DJ/K81 are the best choice for bass. Well, I'm not sure if you compare the AKG's to Sony's XB300/500/700. 

Also, the only difference (that I've read) between the 518 and 81 is that the 518 has more colour choices :D Whereas the K81 only has 1 colour.