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Sennheiser HD 555 seems to be popular. And Creative Aurvana Live is a slightly modified rebrand of the Denon AH-D1001. Those two would probably be my best bet. If you are willing to buy through Amazon.co.uk, then Audio-Technica AD700 should be a good buy.

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Going from a $5 headphone to a $50 headphone made a great difference in terms of positioning in FPS games (and overall soundquality and comfort, ofcourse). Even bigger improvement in positioning came from a soundcard. However, going from a $50 headphone to a $150 headphone didn't increase the...

Currently waiting for Audio-Technica ATH-A900, which I ordered from Japan. Also waiting for a new soundcard on my PC - AuzenTech Forte. ...and as a sidenote, first post=D Just registered, but have been reading the forums every time I wanted to drool some over equipment I can't afford=D...