I had to "buy it now". The seller described the phones as never being used before but it has a scratch on it from shelving procedures at the Audio Technica warehouse. He also says he bought the phones straight from Audio technica headquarters. Plus 7 day return policy so if they're fake i'll...

i did almost buy fake ones for $30 but the price was way too low so i did some research and realized they were fake but for the es7's i just bought, the title said "100% genuine" and he had pictures up and they looked legit. there were zero tell signs of them being fake, and all tell signs of...

caved in to buying the es7's. i heard if you bend the elbows on the headband it helps a lot with the comfort. plus i foundem being sold for $65.99 on ebay. I couldn't resist

ok looks like the ES7 is off the list.   Yes relative portability is what i'm looking for. Guess i should've posted the thread in the portable category. Whoops :) Hey shnitz how does the sq of the Denon DH-310 compare to the CAL!?

alright final decision: ES7s   thanks for all the help guys. i really appreciate it given that i know little about headphones at the moment. but i'm starting to get in to it

or maybe HAS700's.... ahhhh idk

Thanks for all info guys. I was actually looking in to the M50s but they were a little to pricy for my budget. Poor college student here so even a $100 is a huge investment for a pair of headphones at this point.   Updated list: HAS700 ES7 HD228   I'm leaning towards the ES7s due to...

I'm pretty new to all this so bear with me I'm looking for a set of headphones for library/study/everyday use under $100 and will be running it out of my laptop and ipod nano   Looking for: sound quality comfort portability/durability isolation/no leakage no IEMs (they get...