Headphone recomendations

[Viney]

My earphones are irritating my ears so i want to go for a set of proper style headphones. I have some Sennheiser HD25's which are great if a little bulky, and off of an ipod, the bass response is little slack due to their high impedance.

Id like a set of Monster 'Beats' but they are a little pricey. So what you got and how do you rate them?

Needs: Lightweight, comfortable, good low end response and overall sound quality, and below £50.

Sony MDR-XB300 is what i got and I love them - good reviews too
http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/headphon.../user-reviews/

Skull candy bud type ones, the are VERY loud with ipod.....i cant hear my exhaust goingt through a tunnell with them at full whack.

and only £7 odd quid at HMV, very comfy too

Imagine how ****ed your ears are getting with them at full volume!

Imagine how ****ed your ears are getting with them at full volume!

"whats that y'say sonny??" :

i have to turn them down, they physically hurt my ears when that loud, sill dont distort the sound tho,

[Viney]

Im not after extreme loudness and i DON'T want earbud types. I have these and they irritate my ears. Im sure i said that already.

Q, i think i had a set of them once. I left them when i moved out

Sennheiser 210s I got - closed ones! SUPERB!

[fizzwheel]

Senheiser PX200, had them for 5 or 6 years, comfy, great sound and they do also block out a fair bit of background noise to.

Originally Posted by Viney

My earphones are irritating my ears so i want to go for a set of proper style headphones. I have some Sennheiser HD25's which are great if a little bulky, and off of an ipod, the bass response is little slack due to their high impedance.

Id like a set of Monster 'Beats' but they are a little pricey. So what you got and how do you rate them?

Needs: Lightweight, comfortable, good low end response and overall sound quality, and below £50.

If you've got those, you've got the best ones mate. I'm sure they're your DJing cans, but I produce using them too, without a problem. I wouldn't say the bass is slack; it's just not artificially boosted the way it is with some headphones. Only thing they don't work well on are cheaper devices, where every imperfection of the low end A/D converters are shown up by their accurate reproduction.

When you say bulky, are you complaining about their portability, or bulkiness when they're on your head? I've never found them big compared to most overhead cans in either respect...

EDIT, ignore "Are you dead set on overhead ones, or are you open to in-ear ones too?" just saw Viney's 2nd post.