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Best headphones you've ever heard/used

Well, the subject says it all I guess. I'm looking for two sets of good quality headphones.

The first one is an earphone for use with my iPod. I'm looking for a small pair of compact in-ear earphones. I take long boring flights to Asia often so it'd be nice if they were high quality and helped out with noise canceling. I've heard good things from Shure. Any other recommendations?

The second one will be for night time listening in my bed. These headphones can be big but hopefully not too heavy. I also need them to be wireless for at least 15ft.

Thanks in advance,
spacekadet
spacekadet OP
63 posts
 
How about that Sony Qualia's $3000+ headphones? Has anyone heard of them?
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swampwalker
5,138 posts
 
Some of the folks at head-fi really like the Qualias but the opinions have been mixed, FWIW.
rsbeck
887 posts
 
The Shure E3's come with an assortment of ear pieces of different size and stiffness so you can use one that fits your particular ear. If it is a real problem, you can even have an ear specialist design something from an imprint of your particular ear that can be used with the Shure earphones. I would guess that would be true of other ear phones as well.
jsonic
227 posts
 
Sid SSP: What kind of adaptor do you use to make your 650's fit in the IPOD ? I've got a 40g Ipod as well and Senn 600's. It would be the same adaptor, I'm guessing.
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
It is discomforting when one adds up all of the extra money spent on the adapter, case, etc. that is spent by the time the purchase of the ipod is completed. $250.00 becomes $450.00.

Still, a really good set of headphones should not be ignored.
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