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New Head-Fier
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I'm looking for a pair of headphones under $200 that would work well with a wide variety of music--classical (mostly baroque and modern), IDM, post-rock and noise, some acoustic and vocal stuff. I have no preference whether they're open or closed. I get migraines, so I need something lightweight and/or supremely comfortable. I'd be using them with an iTouch and a laptop; I don't have an amp, but am not opposed to getting one (another thing to spend days researching here). I've never purchased a pair of audiophile-quality headphones before and have physical access only to the pitiful selection at my local Best Buy (limited entirely to Bose and the Beats line), so I'm more or less going into this blind.
I'm looking at the AKG K240S, AKG K81DJ, Creative Aurvana Live, and Beyerdynamic DT235. Those seem to be the best value for my price range, but I have no idea how they sound with different genres. Which works best across a spectrum of genres? Anything else I should be looking at? I know it's unlikely that I can satisfy all these requirements, especially for less than $200, but what offers the most bang for my buck?