[Chris Haigh]

Hello,
 
I don't expect anyone to be too interested in helping me in my search, but you never know.
 
I'm looking for a pair of headphones
 
I want to be able to hear what's going on around me at a decent level (My DT880s are great for this.)
I want other people to not be able to hear what I'm listening to unless it's at a particularly high volume (My DT880s are crap at this)
 
That is my only real requirement for these headphones. I'm even happy for the sound to be lacking if it means I can listen to metal, be able to hear my boss ask me questions and not have him moan about how crap metal is.
 
I imagine this is impossible, but any thoughts welcome.

 

[Rhamnetin]

You like your DT 880?  How about the DT 770 Pro then?  

 

[jodgey4]

The DT990 is semi open, as well.

 

[Chris Haigh]

Mine are also supposedly semi-open, I would expect the same noise leak levels from the 990s
 
And I would expect the 770s to be similar to most closed back headphones, less sound leak and less idea of what's going on around you.
 
 I think I'm looking for something that's just physically impossible with a microphone on the headphones recording what one would normally hear and playing it back through the headphones. Maybe I need to build a prototype, I'm sure someone will have done this before.
 
Anyway,thanks for your suggestions guys