I was under the assumption closed-back 'phones were bad for monitoring purposes due to an exaggerated bass response and funky high end response? I've been looking at open headphones since I read that somewhere.

Beyerdynamics are a little out of my range. I really only upped my budget to 200 due to a fantastic review on amazon of the Grado sr225i. I really don't want to spend that much, but figured that they might have been worth it. I know I won't get a super flat response at this price, I just want...

So I finally have money to burn on some gear for my production set up. Right now I'm rockin $30 Sony wal-mart phones and desperately need an upgrade. I've been looking at the AKG K240 55ohm model for awhile set around $100. But I've been hearing a lot of good things about Grados. I managed to...