[Mason Fresh]

Requirements: Sound isolation, minimal leakage, light on the head, neutral sound for all types of music (but mainly hip hop and rock)...
 
Thanks guys..
 
I like the

[size=1.7em] Audio-Technica ATH-M50S[/size]

but not sure if they are the best portable.. =/ 
 
Help please!

 

[Mason Fresh]

also needs to be UNAMPED!
 
show some love guys!

 

[BoneThug]

I wouldnt use my M50s outside the house. Too big, too bulky, too many better alternatives. 

 

[50an6xy06r6n]

Well, it depends on how portable you mean by portable. The M50 has a long cable, but if you get the straight version, you can cable up the extra slack and stick that in your pocket and then it becomes reasonably portable, and you can walk around with that. However, they're not the lightest phones in the world, and they start out clamping a bit tight, but that gets better over time. The M50s are great for rock, and are easily driveable out of a portable device. They fold pretty well and come with a pouch too

 

[Mason Fresh]

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I wouldnt use my M50s outside the house. Too big, too bulky, too many better alternatives. 

I like where this is going.. alternatives please? 

 

[Mason Fresh]

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Well, it depends on how portable you mean by portable. The M50 has a long cable, but if you get the straight version, you can cable up the extra slack and stick that in your pocket and then it becomes reasonably portable, and you can walk around with that. However, they're not the lightest phones in the world, and they start out clamping a bit tight, but that gets better over time. The M50s are great for rock, and are easily driveable out of a portable device. They fold pretty well and come with a pouch too

Sounds portableish.... 
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ULAP4U/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A23M3KL3V61UGY
 
that's the pair i'm looking at.. looks like straight cable.. 
i'm just so overwhelmed haha
i have 300 dollars to amazon so iw as thinking maybe some over ear cans and some IEMs.. 

 

[Austin Morrow]

Klipsch Image X5's are pretty decent. My friend let me try them and they have pretty warm high and mid ends but also some very tight bass. Also, sound isolation (at least in my experience) was excellent.

 

[Mason Fresh]

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Klipsch Image X5's are pretty decent. My friend let me try them and they have pretty warm high and mid ends but also some very tight bass. Also, sound isolation (at least in my experience) was excellent.

They seem a bit flimsy.. would they work well in the gym etc?

 

[Smallville]

Get a pair of Sennheiser HD-25-1 II. They're built like a tank and sound gound(according to reviews). They're $200 so you'll have extra money to buy a pair of gym IEMs.