If he's your friend, it won't hurt to spend $50 and getting him the Superlux 668B's

Quote: I was told the AKG K550 did a great job with soundstage even though it's closed back. It's a great compromise for both. It was designed with Open sound signatures in mind. 

Quote: I'm thinking of filling in that hollow ring and covering the vents. If I only do those two, what results should I expect?  

Quote:   Audio Technica ATH-M50. Since you're in China, be very careful about fakes of this headphone because it is highly counterfeited especially in China. Try buying from a large distributer such as the large Shangha Media Mall and what-not.     

Quote: +1 for the Senn HD25-1 II and the VModa M-80's. The M-80's have apparently performed phenominally well in terms of over-ear headphones and they have a pretty good fan-base raving about the sound quality. If you're wary about sound quality and you want to guarantee that you'll like...

Quote: +1 Vote for the M50's. Being a flat response headphone, they can pretty much do every genre some justice. 

Quote: I can attest to everything said above, so future buyers beware. I did exactly described: they are now trashed and thrown away because they fell apart. Currently rocking new HDJ-2000's and enjoying them so much more than my terrible experience with the fakes. Don't let this...

Quote: Well I can guarantee that you won't be dissapointed with the M50's. The Sound Professionals is also doing a detachable cable mod for $199 (the headphone is included along with 3 extra wires). What sort of sound signature are you looking for and what kind of music do you listen to...

Quote: I was actually told the bass in these headphones was really prevalent. I'm not a very versed Head-Fi'er and I don't understand what problem you were having to begin with. Was the bass too flimsy or something?

Quote: M50 > CAL!, but still not a bad purchase. M50 can be your future upgrade if you enjoy higher quality headphones (:  

Is there anything that isn't as messy as blutak that a first time modder can use with little consequence?

  Quote: I won't be getting these headphones, my dad pretty much just said "sucks for you". HDJ-2000 it is ):

I'm legitimately on the verge of TEARS because of how powerless I feel right now... I have to wait till tomorrow morning until I can cancel my Amazon order of the HDJ-2000's and order these ): FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

WAIT ARE YOU SERIOUS? THEY DIDN'T REPLY TO ME AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE FAKE!   Quote:  

Quote: That's kind of a hefty question, because there isn't a person here (so far) that owns every single one of those headphones. But, IMHO, the M50 outclasses them because it's more expensive and more of a higher tiered entry level headphone than all of those. If there was one thing...