[Aderum]

Hello everyone, 
 
I'm looking to buy my first pair of headphones. Previously all I have had for headphones was the Apple earpods supplied with my phone. I primarily listen to country and rock. My budget is up to $150. I will use these mostly with my iPhone and connected to my PC's audio card. I prefer over ear for the isolation even though they are bulky for mobile use. I hope this is enough information to go off as I know nothing about audio. I guess everyone has to start somewhere!
 
Thanks,
Aderum 

 

[Kozic]

Are you looking for bass,vocals, or a neutral sound? All in all the ATH-50x are a safe bet.

 

[Aderum]

Honestly more of a neutral sound maybe a bit on the bassier side. 

 

[billybob_jcv]

The usual suspects are the ATH-M50X (a little over your budget), Sennheiser HD280 Pro, Sony V6, Creative Aurvana Live!, NVX XPT100, Takstar Pro 80 and Brainwavz HM5.

 

[Aderum]

The ATH-M50x was what I was originally looking at. If there is any major step up in performance I can go up to $200 for my budget.

 

[Kozic]

Slick deals has the over ear Momentum listed for $150 at focus camera that may do it for you.

 

[billybob_jcv]

Yeah, Focus has been running that deal since Black Friday. That's a very good deal on a very smooth sounding headphone.

$150 - $200 seems to be a tough price point for headphones. The next significant step seems to jump all the way to $250-$300, where you find the normal price of the over ear Momentum, Mr. Speakers Mad Dog, NAD Viso HP50 & Beyer DT770. If you are patient, there can be good deals on $300 headphones that get discounted down to $200 - it's not common, but it's not rare either.

For example, in addition to the Momemtums at Focus, there is this deal:
http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-770-PRO-80-ohms/dp/B0016MNAAI

 

[Aderum]

If that deal is still around within the next week or two I will probably get the Momemtums. Thanks everyone!