[monkeysez]

I needed some advice on purchasing headphones for about $80-100ish. They will be primarily used for watching movies connected to an onkyo receiver, playing pc games, and listening to music on the pc. I will occassionally use them for console gaming as well.
I like rock, hip hop, reggaeton, and dance music (not techno stuff).
 
I like a rich sound with some bass as well.
 
 
I have narrowed my search to the following after reading this thread.
 
Creative Aurvana Live
Koss prodj100
Audio-technica m50 if I could find it for around 100.
 
 
anything else i should be looking at?
 
Thanks in advance for your help.
 
 

 

[SONIC BOOM]

I like the shure srh 440 with cotton stuffed under the ear pads

 

[MattTCG]

Of those three I would pick the m50's. Some here don't care for them much. I thought they sounded pretty good overall and work well with lots of different music. You might consider:
 
-m audio Q40's for a few dollars more or about the same price if you can find them used here
 
 
thanks...

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,
 
AudioTechnica A700
AudioTechnica TAD400
Panasonic HTF600
Pioneer SE-A1000
Samson SR850
Shure SRH750
Shure SRH440
Creative Aurvana Live
Koss PRO DJ 100
JVC HARX900
Sony MDRZX700
Sennheiser PRO 280
 
Should get you started.
 
Very best,

 

[monkeysez]

thanks for the suggestions. keep them coming!

 

[Papander]

AKG K240 Studio

 

[syphen606]

If you can find ATH-M50's in that price range, I think they are a pretty darn good all-round budget can..  I know there has been some backlash against them on the forums here but I still use mine a lot and love them.. even though the HD650's sit in the drawer next to them.

 

[roma101]

CAL! or M50.

 

[monkeysez]

so i have been seriously looking at Audio-technica ath-a700 since i have a ten dollar giftcard at both amazon and newegg. thoughts on comfort and bass level?

 

[syphen606]

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so i have been seriously looking at Audio-technica ath-a700 since i have a ten dollar giftcard at both amazon and newegg. thoughts on comfort and bass level?

Well.. I borrowed a pair of ATH-A950LTD's from a buddy for a couple weeks and found them incredibly bright..  I found it almost piercing trebles, with virtually no bass. I'm used to my HD650's and M50's however.  I've read that the A9XX series is a marked improvement on the A7XX series, so I can only extrapolate my findings with the A950LTD's to say that for an all-round can, the A700 would probably not suit you.

 

[monkeysez]

If I raised my budget to around $120 would that be the sweet spot for entry level cans?

 

[roma101]

Personally, I really love the KRK KNS-8400s these days. They're worth looking into.

 

[Llloyd]

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AKG K240 Studio

+1

 

[monkeysez]

Thank you all for your help! I will return and report once again a pair.

 

[monkeysez]

I saw these Denon AH-D1100 on sale at electronics-expo today for 100 using coupon code march2012. Is that a good model for what I'm looking for?