[gdietman]

I'm a veteran of music since the 60's, always had decent equipment. This is what I have and maybe someone can recommend a good set.
Receiver Yamaha v870
cd player-now is a philips cdr785 but thinking of buying a Marantz 5001 today
Phones-I just bought the Bose Around Ear phones for $140 from Best Buy but I can return them with your recommendation.

Listens to (examples) Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Radiohead

Heard the Grado's are a good choice. So $150 and under unless somoeone says for $200 you have to get....

 

[audionewbie]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/hea...-guide-271258/

Personally i wouldn't trust a company that specs page only contains this info BOSE® - BOSE® around-ear headphones: Specifications

indeed i wouldn't trust a company that openly admits there product requires equalisation to sound o.k

of course i am a newb and have not used bose but understand marketing when i see it. too much marketing means a bad product, hell look at apple.

 

[kejar31]

I wouldn't recommend Grado's for the type of music you have listed (although they sound great with strait up Rock music). I would also recommend returning the Bose headphones, not that they are bad but because you can get much better sounding headhones for the same money. I find that bands like Pink Floyd and RadioHead sound better coming out of cans with a large soundstage. Try considering AKG 501's,601's,701's Sennheiser hd595's,h580's,600's. I am sure others will come in with more recommendations as well.

 

[Kuba]

Maybe this will help:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/hea...-555-a-158422/
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/bes...voting-329601/

Bose doesn't get much love here. Their products are said to be the worst in terms of sound quality/price ratio (never heard one, but if you do some search, that's the info you will find).

 

[Moocher]

I have a similar history, or at least longevity. If you can spend about $170, I have a suggestion that should be fun for quite a while. Buy a pair of Grado SR60s and a pair of Denon 1000s. You'll have your music bases covered, closed and open, and you'll have fun comparing the two. If you want to resell later you won't lose much.

Mooch