Well I just joined Head-Fi yesterday after spending quite a bit of time on the site, so I thought I'd drop some novice input.  My wife knew I wanted some nice cans, after being without any since I was a teenager.  As a present, she recently gave me a set of the Beats Mixr model.  Not exactly what I would have bought, but these were certainly better than anything else I've owned.  Not having much else to compare them to, I enjoyed the bass and the volume I could get out of them.  I've seen the 'Beats bashing' going on, and I know there are plenty...