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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

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jwynacht OP
20 posts
 
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!
jwynacht OP
20 posts
 
Believe me, I won't be getting the Bose; they sound horrible, so much so that I would gladly suffer my ears to the B&Os for a while longer.

Anybody know anything about the Simpl amp? All this seems so...very...personal. In fact, the more I think about it the more I want to sell my iPod and just enjoy my home HiFi. Nah....
jwynacht OP
20 posts
 
Thanks Ejlif....good to know. What about phones? I've only heard from one person so far...looking for something that other folks who sit near me at work won't be able to hear.
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.
jwynacht OP
20 posts
 
So I checked out the Ultrasone 'phones this weekend, the closed ones....very nice. Any opinions on them?
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