Hey everyone, Happy new year and best wishes for 2009!
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I'm inclined to tell you to stay away from circumaural headphones for portable use. They're far too large for even large pockets on cargo pants, so unless you carry a backpack around with you, you'll have no place to stow them.
There are, of course, "small" circumaurals which end up being nearly supra-aural on those with larger ears.
In the name of portability it makes sense to go with something supra-aural, like the HD-25-1 II. It won't isolate as well as, say, a DT660, but you'll still have decent isolation from the outside world.
There's also the HD280, which can fold up to become fairly compact.
A few things to factor in, for portable use: Single-entry cables are ideal. Being able to fold your headphones is nice, but it's rather rare with higher-end headphones. The former you find more on "professional" headphones, the latter is mainly found on portable-intended products like the PX100, and on oddballs like the HD280.
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Size isn't much of a problem, as I always have a backpack with my digital camera in, a couple books, cables etc. Also, I don't think I'll start messing with cabling yet, not until I do some extra reading at least.
I am not very fond of things inside my ears, so I avoided IEMs, despite them being more suited for portable situations. I'll also use them at home occasionally, so I'm kind of looking for something good all-around(probably asking too much, lol).
On Senns, yes, they look very good to me, was thinking for the HD595, but the majority need an amp. As for the HD280, I know my mp3 can drive a set of 32ohm headphones quite decently and quite loudly, but I think 64ohms is just pushing it. Nevertheless, I will still have them in my revised list.
Thus, in order of preference now, I have the ESW9/D2000, DT660, and HD280. I will dig in a little bit more and pick one in the next days.
One last thing, how do they fare in terms of comfort/weight? Are the 300+grams obvious to the user or the headband etc make up for it?
Many thanks again for helping, and enjoy the new year!