Thanks so much for your help man! You're really enlightening me (that's not a pisstake, for real) :P Those Superluxs that you linked look great and are so cheap! and the reviews are so tempting but I've also seen their size which is pretty huge and I am looking for something to go in...

Those Superlux HD 681s look great, and so cheap! The bass punch i'm looking for is one that would make the kick drum in Massive Attack's Teardrop really thump and hit hard, or the singing and piano in Just a Friend by Biz Markie come through clear and sharp and still have the drums come through...

Also those HD 681s look great! Does the bass pack a punch though? What do you mean by closed cans though? does that mean they're made to leak sound or something?  

 What? Nah man, from what I remember I read MDR XB500 on the headphones and all my search results come up with over ear headphones...

Well as I said I'm a major novice with headphones as I've only ever had 3 pairs in my 16 years of life, so perhaps the XB500s aren't all they seemed at my one time of listening to them, but to me they sounded great! They were much more detailed than my JVC HA S600s, and seemed to have much...

Wow, Takstar HD5500s seem really good from the research I've done so far. Cheers for the suggestion. Just wondering if you have a pair though and can tell me what the ear cups are like - I've got normal sized ear, not too big or small, so would the cups cover my ears, as i think i would find it...

hey I'm new to this forum and in desperate need of some over ear headphones.excuse me if I seem slightly inexperienced with my headphone speak.. As I am. my jvc ha-s600 have had it. They' were my first headphones and to my inexperienced ears, sounded fine. but after reading the reviews and...