Over-Ears for home/travel (50-75$)

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#1 caughtjoo
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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everyone,

I am currently looking for an overear headset that can travel well, have good sound and can double for at home listening/gaming. Issolation doesnt need to be the best, but would prefer a low leakage so as not to disturb others on flights.

I saw these mentioned before, and was just wondering how they are for my needs. I would need to purchase an adapter with them.

Have a great day!

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#2 Foamybrian
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I haven't toyed around much with headphones under the $75 range (outside of the HD555's) but if you are willing to pony up a little more cash, I can recommend the SRH750 DJs. They retail for around $150.00 but you can pick a pair up on ebay for about $100~. Great soundstage, great bass, average-good mids, and great portability. They have a low impedence so you can drive them with your portable source without the need for an amp (although I'd still recommend one).

Personally I prefer IEMs over headphones for portability. A solid pair of customs can provide a soundstage close to high end headphones and offer excellent sound quality (steep price however), but I digress.

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#3 DJ_Headshot
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I would recommended getting a pair of these instead of the the m40 their much better for portable use since hey fold up and the plug is 3.5mm so no adapter needed for use on mp3 players and most importantly sound great.

http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M35-Studio-Headphones/dp/B00242J0XU/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304779892&sr=1-1-catcorr

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#4 Bozanimal
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I haven't toyed around much with headphones under the $75 range (outside of the HD555's) but if you are willing to pony up a little more cash, I can recommend the SRH750 DJs. They retail for around $150.00 but you can pick a pair up on ebay for about $100~. Great soundstage, great bass, average-good mids, and great portability. They have a low impedence so you can drive them with your portable source without the need for an amp (although I'd still recommend one).

Personally I prefer IEMs over headphones for portability. A solid pair of customs can provide a soundstage close to high end headphones and offer excellent sound quality (steep price however), but I digress.

Foamybrian

I'm going to second the SRH750's. I've been looking around for a quality pair of over-ears for traveling, and the thing I like about these is - in addition to sounding great - they fold-up well, and the cord plugs into the headphones, meaning you can detach it and fold it up when not in use. They can be a bit boomy in the low-end, though. Alternatively you can try the Orton O-One's, same features, but whose frequency response looks more like the well-regarded Audio-Technica ATH-A700.

Good luck,

Boz