My AKG K81's with a silver cantsleep cable have finally crapped out today (cable kept breaking and needed resoldering) so I'm in the market again for headphones and musicless meanwhile (apart from computer speakers). Much as I love a big clunky pair of headphones, I don't know if I should...

Yah, I even resoldered the old (copper) cable back on and the left channel is slightly dead still. ._. Guess I'm gonna have to be a bit more careful next time when changing the cables~

I've soldered and resoldered and still nothing. >_> I'm betting its something to do with the interal workings of the driver. Looks like it's a new pair of k81s I guess~

Ok so I just got a cantsleep cable (shout out to cantsleep, megas thanks ^_^) (in the right channel it sounds great, more on that later) and I soldered it up and everything, and for some godforsaken reason, the left headphone seems to be....slightly dead or something. If I take the left...

Anyone?

Ok, so for those who have had AKG K81s and have ended up the same thing happening to them, the connector bit (terminator?) is totally broken it seems, as I have to keep them plugged in the computer and just the slightest touch or movement on the connector bit makes the sound fuzz like mad and...

Hmmm...... Would there be any other $100-ish (the most I could go is $125) closed (supra-aural or full, either one) headphones in that range too? I just wanna get a good idea what type of market I'm looking at. How is the HD280's sound versus the AKGK81'S?

That's another thing, how is comfort also with each pair of cans that I'm suggesting? My AKG-K26 seem to hurt after wearing them for a while (tops of ears become sore and the "pads" just hurt rather than help) The HD280's are the (not supra-aural) type, right? >_> (also a bump for a...

So basically I've been looking for a prospective replacement for my deteriorating AKG-K26s. I've treated them somewhat roughly and they're beginning to fail on my crappy Sony CD player because I don't have enough money to buy the Viliv P2 just yet. Anyway, I was thinking about a decent...