I read that with pads to circumaural the bass actually becomes overpowering! The 8/9 ft cable, though it isn't ideal, wouldn't pose too much of a problem for me considering I've been commuting with Sennheiser HD-203s for the last couple years.   So from your experience i wouldnt disturb others...

I'm looking for headphones(on a budget of about €40 including postage to ireland) mainly for the bus to and around college and the 235s look like a decent option to me. However i have a couple of questions. How bad are they for leaking, like bad enough to disturb people near me on the bus...

Ah i see that now, thanks for the tip! But are they actually any better than the S400s? Because i read an in depth comparison in this thread : http://www.head-fi.org/t/626332/the-new-jvc-ha-s400-affordable-carbon-nanotube-cans-for-the-masses and the S400s seemed to outshine the S500 when it...

Off Amazon, with postage to Ireland, the S500s would cost me over €60 which is twice as much as the S400s for a very similar product from the reviews I've seen!

The upper end of my budget is around about €40(including delivery to Ireland). I'm getting a set of headphones mainly for commuting on the bus to college. The options I've been looking at are the Sennheiser 228, JVC s400 and Beyerdynamic DT-235 The Sennheisers I'm considering as all my...

am buying first set of headphones, around 40 quid budget, just for listening to music/ watchin movies etc but am having trouble deciding between the sennheiser 202s and 203s!   which are better for all round use? i listen to mainly rock/alternative rock, some classical,  not much really...