Bamp for old thread.
My favourite headphones are on sale for $125 at the moment. They are on sale at a physical shop in Kew, you can go audition many different headphones there (some cost several thousand dollars).
If you are shopping for a good pair of headphones, I *strongly* recommend these.http://www.addictedtoaudio.com.au/Audio-Technica-ATHES7-BlackAudio-Technica ATH-ES7
- only $125
- Amazing sound for its price range, good clarity, tonally warm. It's not the best audiophile-quality sound or the most accurate/fast headphones, but it is leaps and bounds better than any Beats/Bose or any designer headphones you can find at Myers/David Jones/JB/etc, even those that cost $500.
- Low impedance and high sensitivity, you can get very loud music even from your phone
- Amazing bass. So much bass you'll feel like you're in a nightclub. Unlike most other headphones around this price range, these actually *can* reproduce sub-bass tones (<50Hz) that are the deep reverberations usually only audible with large subwoofers
- Closed cans, they don't leak sound and have quite good isolation, good for public places + travel
- Over-ears, these aren't ear-buds. They aren't as comfortable as full circumaural headphones, but they are surprisingly comfortable for on-ear headphones
- Portable, they are foldable and relatively small. Not quite in the same sense that earpods can fit in your pocket, but they are small enough to fit in any bag.
- Shiny. They are actually shiny, like mirror-finished shiny.