[tagging55]

I need some help and i'm new here so please excuse me if i label things wrong.  I am looking for a set of headphones that are to be worn on a charter bus and in hotel rooms.  I travel a great amount.  Must be comfortable for listening up to around 6 hours at a time. I will be using these with a Ipod Touch, a Nexus 4 Cell phone, and a MacBook Laptop.  I Listen to Metal and Hard Rock Genre's.  But watch a lot of movies and sitcoms on my computer during trips and in hotel.  Noise Cancellation isn't overly important the headphones that have passive noise isolation seems to be okay but I am not against noise canceling headphones.  My price range is lower than a lot of headphones i'm seeing in the category.  I really would like to not spend more than $150.  Which allows me to get headphones around an msrp of 250 seems on amazon and other websites.  Anyone have any ideas as to what would fit my needs?

 

[tagging55]

No help on this?  I figured someone would have an opinion.

 

[Greed]

Do you know what type of sound sig you like? I saw you listen to a lot of rock and metal. Your budget is small, but I would venture to say CAL! might fit your needs.

 

[tagging55]

I dont know about proper sound signals.

 

[tagging55]

How do the cals compare to hd 428's?

 

[Greed]

Honestly, I couldn't comment on how they compare, as I haven't heard the HD 428. If they are anything like the HD 555's than I would say a they don't compare much alike. The HD 555's are more laid-back, with a more balenced sound signature compared to the CAL!. The cal sounds a lot like the M-50s with better mids and IMO tighter bass and a bit more extension. They seal and noise cancel better than the M-50s as well.

 

[tagging55]

I really appreciate since i can get the cals for round 70$4 should i look at amps? Or would it not matter much?

 

[korewest]

I would like to point you towards AKG K167,
they are right about $150 range on Amazon(some days) and B&H photo video websites.
I feel that they fit your category nicely. 
-they are light, and fold up nicely for traveling.
-have superb isolation
-clarity of sound
-good comfort
-and style(subjective).
 
There is a thread on here if you would like to know more about its quality.
Let me know what you think of those.

 

[lundsaunet]

No, you won't need to amp the CAL's
Now, I haven't heard the CAL's but from what I'm reading, they aren't too isolating. You should check up on that, although I don't know how important that is to you.

 

[Tangster]

The CAL's don't isolate much at all. They sound like a D2000-lite with less low end emphasis.

 

[soundisee]

The CAL's are on sale for $59.99 on Amazon right now