Quote: I thought I'd let you know that I ended up buying a pair of the K702's after hearing your "budget-fi" set-up!  To my ears, it definitely competed with most of the other high-end gear at the meet.        

Quote: Thanks for the help.  I'll research the two that you mentioned.   I guess I got the name wrong in my previous post, I was meaning to refer to the AKG-271 MKII's; they're on Amazon for $125 now and had some decent reviews.  I've also been reading about the ATH-A900's, which come...

  I own the Grado-80's and love them, but the open design doesn't really allow me to wear them to work.  I got the M50's after reading a lot of praise for them, but the bass feels a bit heavy and the closed design is pretty hard to get used to coming from the Grado's.  Is there a closed...