Montreal is pretty rich in nice headphones. Saw 3 M50s in the street + 2 coworkers that own some, twice Grados + two more coworkers who own some, HD25s a couple of times + 1 coworker, a Denon DJ hp, bunch of Portapros and a fair share of cheaper Senns and Shures. And a final coworker of mine...

Quote:   Exactly my thoughts.

Just got my HD 25 and I really was surprised by how well they isolate. Pretty sure you won't be disappointed by them.

I'll suggest the Aiaiai TMA-1, 200$, read it had nice bass and they look great imo. http://www.amazon.com/AIAIAI-6101-TMA-1-DJ-Headphones/dp/B00404H6DQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313955459&sr=8-1

I have not written a thing about SQ. I think OP is able to tell whether his gf can get over the looks for SQ, I was simply warning him to prevent any bad suprises.

Quote: Lol you really seem determined to prove me wrong. I have longer than average hair and it looked pretty much the same since I had to extend the headband about halfway. And unless his gf has puffy curled hair it's what it's going to look like. If OP thinks it isn't that bad well...

  Best I found. And as you see the headband is barely extended. The more you extend the worst it looks, so for your average long slim face, they look bad imo. 

Quote: I've owned SR-60i and I currently own SR-125. There is noticeable bass and it sure is accurate, but you'll be nowhere close to hearing the bassline of electronic songs.

I'll do my best to find a pic.

I'll warn you right now the DJ1/580s look completely dumb once you put them on your head. The headband is about an inch away from your head on the sides and they look pretty dorky. Don't know about the Pros, but the headband design seems to be the same across the two lines.     Quote...

I'd recommend a pair of Sennheiser HD555/558. Pretty balanced sound apart from the somewhat lacking lower end. Affordable and IMO a good place to start at.

I really don't get how you want to pull sound from the HDMI input of your monitor.   EDIT: nvm, just realised your monitor had a jack. Still, I doubt your monitor's jack is of better quality than the one of your soundcard.

Beatport has super overpriced lossless files for download, around a buck extra per track. Other than that I think CD is pretty much the only way. Honestly for electronica 320kbps is great, really not much of a difference.

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I have a pair of SR125 and Grados are indeed very bright for electronica. You could look into Ultrasones. I got a pair of DJ1 and I'm really liking them.