[carlosabia]

I have all these on my Amazon cart and wanna figure out which one I should go for

I want headphones closed, low leak and some isolation, to use without amp (just my android phone), wide soundstage, clear depth and definition, clear highs and nice bass (not muddy), hopefully portable and not too ugly. It's mostly for music, which is from metal to country (metal, hard rock, metalcore, classic rock, alternative, soft rock, country) and anything in between. I had the Soundmagic's HP150 and like them, but they broke, so I'm looking for something on that track but better. Under $500

My choices so far:

Yamaha MT220
MrSpeakers Alpha Dogs
Oppo PM-3
Sony MDR100AAP
Shure SRH1540
Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7
Bowers & Wilkins P7
AKG K550
Fostex TH-600
Beyerdynamic DT770

Or any other suggestion

 

[PETEREK]

Yamaha MT220 - basically a less bassy ATH-M50, not something I'd recommend. I'd look at the ATH-M40x first.
MrSpeakers Alpha Dogs - Won't be able to use these as a portable at all.
Oppo PM-3 - Yes.
Sony MDR100AAP - not sure
Shure SRH1540 - not sure
Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 - Good, but the PM-3 is probably a better value.
Bowers & Wilkins P7 - not sure.
AKG K550 Very good, a bit bulky for portable though.
Fostex TH-600 - Terrible isolation
Beyerdynamic DT770 - 32-ohm only, maybe a T70p would be better. On the border of too bulky for portable.
 
If you can find a set, I recommend the Audio Technica ATH-ES10.
 
Hope that helps.

 

[carlosabia]

Yamaha MT220 - basically a less bassy ATH-M50, not something I'd recommend. I'd look at the ATH-M40x first.

MrSpeakers Alpha Dogs - Won't be able to use these as a portable at all.

Oppo PM-3 - Yes.

Sony MDR100AAP - not sure

Shure SRH1540 - not sure

Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 - Good, but the PM-3 is probably a better value.

Bowers & Wilkins P7 - not sure.

AKG K550 Very good, a bit bulky for portable though.

Fostex TH-600 - Terrible isolation

Beyerdynamic DT770 - 32-ohm only, maybe a T70p would be better. On the border of too bulky for portable.

If you can find a set, I recommend the Audio Technica ATH-ES10.

Hope that helps.

Portable would only be a plus, every other spec I'm looking for matters more. I'm thinking of ordering the oppo's a a trying them out