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
EX71SL's/Fontopias by Sony are exactly as Sonance said. However, they can be obtained for $30 on Amazon.com and come in a good Apple matching white. For the price, they offer a fair amount of isolation and bass and are pretty fashionable (not something to say around audiophiles) look. They are short plug which makes for good usage with the iPod remote, white to match and have asymmetrical lengths so you can wear them so the right can be worn w/ the wire behind the head. You probably don't care about aesthetics or matching, but given that you own an iPod, you just might. Matching earbuds offered by Apple are $40 and matching earbuds by Shure are $110. If money is no object...

As for home headphones. I honestly think nothing has better bang for buck than Grados. I like them better than any in ear or isolation headphones because I think they sound more natural and I prefer the open sound. I think it's weird listening to music that gets piped directly into your head. If you could put aside the need for wireless, they could be a good pick.

If you really want to learn about headphones, you should go lurk on headfi.com
Swampwalker: I already own the XCan headphone amp. Will this work w/ the Hd600's and 40g IPOD w/ adaptor?
The X-can should work just fine, IF you can get a line level signal out of the iPod. I don't know enough about the i-pod to know if that is possible. Check with the folks on headfi-org about the details. Run a search there and you will probably find out what you want to know, immediately.
The Sony Qualia is by far the best headphone. Smokes the Senheiser HD650. I was very impressed by the demo.