[MrTissues]

Hi, I'm looking for some closed air headphones for my brother. It is very important to him to have as much noise canceling as possible, which is why I think that open air style headphones are out. He also wants full headphones not IEMs so that's out too.

The music he likes a lot is: rock, country, and hip hop. Artists like Bruce Springsteen, his songs like Glory Days, Outlaw Pete, Waitin' On a Sunny Day, and Born to Run. He listens to a lot of country Country and songs like My Maria, Mud on the Tires, You Look Good in my Shirt, and Chicken Fried. I also like listening to hip hop songs like I Tried, Hot Revolver, I Love College, Flossin' and Superstar.

So based on his music and budget what would you guys recommend? I don't really know anything about closed air headphones because I only have ever really looked into open air headphones, it seems like closed air headphones are not posted about much here.

EDIT: It would be best if the headphones would not require an amp, too much trouble. He listens a lot on his computer but he also owns a 1G iPod Nano (but don't choose headphones to support that device, I know most stuff would need to be amp'd with a Nano)

 

[MrTissues]

Please help? Or at least is there a thread here about closed air headphones. Alessandros, Sennheisers and Grados are all open and thats all I really know.

 

[moogoob]

Beyer DT770s and Denon AH-D2000s seem to be the most popular closed 'phones in your budget. Haven't heard either, myself though.

 

[Tiemen]

A great thread about closed headphones is this one: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/15-...eviews-128983/

 

[priest]

If he wants maximum isolation, I wouldn't suggest looking at the Denon AH-D2000.