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
Seems like your choices are pretty limited if it's a large over the ear style that you want and sealed (Lots of choices in open ear) The Grado's and there is the a set of noise cancelling Sennheiser (PXC 450). Personally I think the top Shure in ears (SE530) are the way to go. They sound really good without an amp and will be much more versatile then a big pair. If you get them and want the Push to Hear option, don't buy it, I have one and you can have it.
For headphones check out the Sennheiser HD280s. A co-worker of mine just got a pair and they sound quite good. They retail for 200 bucks but he go this new for $80. He bought them off of www.jr.com I heard them with his ipod, and they sounded "good enough" to me.
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.
Just search head-fi.org for "closed back" phones. There are several including SONY and ATH that sell closed phones, and considered very good.
So I checked out the Ultrasone 'phones this weekend, the closed ones....very nice. Any opinions on them?