Hi Guys,
I'll start by admitting I'm very new to the Headphones game. I'm starting my Doctoral studies in a few weeks and I thought seeing as I will be spending an awful lot of time at my desk as Uni I'd shout myself a pair of decent headphones.
I wouldn't say I'm an audiophile by anymeans, I just love good/fun sounding music. I inherited a pair of Yamaha NS-1000M speakers from my father a few years ago and I've been using his Bose on-ear headphones around home while studying as well (not 100% sure of the model of those but these are them
http://www.cnet.com.au/bose-on-ear-headphones-339289093.htm#image1 ).
I don't really have anything to compare them to as to whether or not I like the sound. I do like the amount of bass they have (but i'm definitely not a bass head) but find when I'm listening to some rock music (KOL, Black Keys - modern rock) the guitars can lose their edge, even with most of the other music I listen to I often hear predominately bass with vocals.
So enough about that, what am I looking for?
I'm definitely looking for over ear and ones that are comfortable, seeing as I'll be wearing for great lengths while studying. The less sound leakage the better otherwise my colleagues who I share my office with won't like me for very long. As I previously mentioned I do like bass but I'm not a basshead (took the subwoofer out of my car years ago!!) but when I'm listening to something dance I like that little bit of a kick you get from the bass. Usually I listen to what ever is in the charts really, examples of artists I guess i would say anything from David Guetta, Avicii, Vampire Weekend, through to Coldplay, Kings of Leon, hell I even listen to Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra if I'm in the mood, also often mashups I nab from soundcloud. I'm not into headphones that are really out there looking - lots of chrome, shiny plastic, big huge motherf****rs - I just think they look cheap. I do like the look of the V-Moda M-100 (in matte black of course) but also like something as simple as the Sony MDR 7509HD's.
I have a budget of about $350, but seeing as I'm in australia (adelaide in particular) we don't exactly have anywhere that I know of that sells anything other then Beats, Sennheiser or SOL republic (basically just your fashion accessory brands) of which I'm not a fan of any of them, which means I'm more then likely going to have to get them off the internet without having listened or tried their fit prior (brave I know but that's what you get for choosing to live in Adelaide) and pay for shipping or wait till I pop over to Melbourne again (hopefully soon).
I'd be running them off my iPhone, or my computer in my office/laptop at home.
I look forward to hearing any opinions anyone wants to throw forward.
Oh and IF they were able to fold up that'd be awesome as I do have to do alot of traveling into the country for my research and interstate for conferences, etc.
Cheers guys.
P.S. I just re-read all of that and realised how much of a picky person I am so I do apologise in advance if you wrack your brain trying to think of something to suggest.