Hello again. Sorry I'm asking for so much help on deciding but now that I have ordered some HD25-IIs (read many of the great reviews here), I would also like to add another full-sized can to my collection.   This time I am looking for a headphone with: Tight, punchy bass (no boomy/muddy...

I'm looking a pair of cans that are portable, look nice, sound decent, and won't break easily. Somewhere between $100-$200 but the higher price to performance ratio, the better.   But since all my friends have Beats (which I utterly hate for its huge unreasonable unjustified price tag...

  I am wondering if I should go with the sennheiser hd 555 (which is basically a 595 when you take out a piece of foam) or the ATH AD700 open (not closed back A700s). This is coming from a guy who has heard some budget cans such as the hd280, m50, and the budget iems brainwavz m2, etymotic...