Best Sealed/Full-Sized/Balanced Headphones for iPo


I'm not a big fan of putting things into my ears, unless it's my finger. I've been using the B&O A8 earphones for some time now but really want something that fits around my ear, rather than goes into my ear. I also want to be able to use it with my iPod, preferably without having to get an amp. I'm open to suggestions though.

I was at the Apple store yesterday and listened to the Bose around-ear headphones and thought they were quite nice. Then someone whispered in my ear: "No highs, no lows, must be Bose."

At one point, during a daydream, I thought about getting the AKG 701s, a Simple iPod amp and calling it a day. I'm a software engineer and work in a cubeless environment so it would be rude of me to force others to listen to my music.

Thoughts, hazings and suggestions are always welcome.

Thanks,

Jon
jwynacht
Jon- IMO, you are going to be disappointed with any full size cans without a headphone amp, unless its just background music. For details on all things headphone, try head-fi.org.
Listening to an iPod via quality phones, isn't that some sort of oxymoron? Even with a quality headphone amp?
agree with swampwalker. consider one of the Ray Samuels Audio amps or the Yamamoto tube headphone amp with Grado RS-1s. I have used this equipment and was very happy with it. Some will swear by AKG, but I prefer the RS-1s.