Well im a new owner of the Dali io6, and im loving them. Beautiful balanced tight sound. Much preffered to the Sennheiser Momentum 3s i had previously. More comfortable too

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Would the Audio Technica ATHES55BK be better than the Shure SRH440's?    Irealise the shures are full size and the technicas are more on the portable side, but I would like one set of phones for home and out and about. At the moment I use Denon in ears for portable use,

What about the Audio-Technica ATH-WS55i? They seem to get good reviews and designed for ipod. Just found them for £55

The shures are great, but too big to be portable, the Denons are also great but after long use, hurt my ears. So sell these two and buy a pair of descent portable phones with the sound quality of the Shures, but smaller. £100 ish

Thanks for the reply. Now consideing uping the price to £100. Any suggestions?

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Looking to purchase a pair of On ear portable headphones. Source will be an ipod touch or HTC phone. Music ripped at 320. Ideally phones will be closed back. Looking at around £50. Considering the AKG450. Any other recommendations?

Did you burn the 440's in? Because i don't have any issues with the sound that you encountered. I also find them extremely comfortable. I did order the 840 pads but too be honest didn't really find any difference.

I use my 440's with a iPod Touch and NO amp. I don't find the sound thin. I think they are superb.

SRH440's here as well. They are fantastic.

My vote goes to the Shure 440's they are fantastic. I'm well pleased with them.

I have the Denon C551's. They are fantastic. You won't go to far wrong with them.

I Can thoroughly recommend the Shure 440's. I've had them a month now. The sound is superb they run easily from my iPod Touch and my Nokia 5800. They are also comfortable.

I have the Shure 440's. They are fantastic. Although i havn't listened to the 840's so can't compare. But from what i have read the 440's are better value for money.

No the pads are identical in size. To be honest i can't tell the difference in sound. The 840 pads are slightly softer. In my opinion they are not worth swapping.

I've reinserted the foam. The phones sound better with them in. Shure must also think this or they would not be there in the first place.

Quote: Originally Posted by fldrice Presumably, the plug partially restricts the amount of air entering the driver to avoid resonance and distortion. I havn't noticed any distortion and i do listen to my music pretty loud.

Quote: Originally Posted by Edwood I tried it with my SRH840's. It's not really worth it. The Bass increase if very small and is mostly the mid bass, not really the low bass, definitely adds distortion. It does make them louder too. For the SRH440's, if you want a more dramatic...

I tried this mod this afternoon. They definitely sound different although i'm not sure it's better. The Bass to me seems a little boomy on some tracks. This mod seems to favour electronic music better than rock.

I would have to vote other and my other would be the Shure SRH440's. Solid bass but not overpowering (like a previous poster suggested) also great highs and mids. Comfortable to wear and fold up into the provided bag.

I can thouroughly recomend the Shure SRH440's

I have the Shure SRH440's and they are fantastic and reading many reviews the Shure 840's are even better so the 840's will get my vote. But the 840's are also in a different price league to the other two.

If you were happy with the M50's why not just get another pair of those. I will highly recommend the Shure SRH440's. The Shure SRH840's are even better and closer to your price range.

From what i have read, the Denons (Which i was going to buy) do not seal very well and leak sound...