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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
jlind325is
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For headphones check out the Sennheiser HD280s. A co-worker of mine just got a pair and they sound quite good. They retail for 200 bucks but he go this new for $80. He bought them off of www.jr.com I heard them with his ipod, and they sounded "good enough" to me.
jwynacht OP
20 posts
 
Thanks for the advice...I'll be shopping around this weekend and demoing...I'll demo open 'phones too just to hear how loud they get.
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swampwalker
5,138 posts
 
Just search head-fi.org for "closed back" phones. There are several including SONY and ATH that sell closed phones, and considered very good.
jwynacht OP
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So I checked out the Ultrasone 'phones this weekend, the closed ones....very nice. Any opinions on them?
jwynacht OP
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So I ended up with the Pro-Ject Head Box MkII and Ultrasone HFI-700 phones. I have my iPod in a dock, with the line out to the phones and it sounds really nice. I'm very happy with the setup and it makes music at work really enjoyable.

Thanks for the help here folks!
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