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Originally posted by sethk
Even though you may think so now, once you get down the slippery slope of 'audiophilia' you will find yourself spending more and doing more work to get high quality audio!
You don't mention any price ranges but for high quality headphones, here are my suggestions:
Price range - < $50
Slim pickings here, but either a used pair of Grado SR-60s or the Sennheiser PX-100s
Price Range 60-90
Sennheiser HD-497
Grado SR-60
Grado SR-80
Price Range 100-150
Sennheiser HD-580 (may have to search around to find a good price)
Stay away from the 590s
Price Range 160-250
Sennheiser HD-600 (may have to search around to find a good price)
AKG 501
Shure / Etymotics if you must get in-ears, but I think this is still worse than Grados/Senns.
I ended up ripping all my CDs in FLAC format for lossless encoding. I also have 320kbit MP3s of them for when I put them on a portable.
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Thanks for the advice. I went with the HD-497's. Most reviews place them as the best sub 100$ pair of headphones available. Also easy to drive form a portable.