Recommend a set of headphones

Could any audiophiles out there recommend to me a set of headphones for my Ipod? Ideally, they should have the following criteria

  • Comfortable, preferably outside the ear fit
  • Good to excellent sound quality
  • lightweight and portable, could fit under a toque
  • under a $100.00

TIA

I’ve got a pair of these that I love. I’ve had them for a couple of years now, they’ve never given me any problems, they’re very comfortable and the sound quality is great.

The only drawback is that they’re a bit more expensive than $100 – this website lists them at $140, which IIRC is close to what I paid for them at Best Buy – but if you shop around you may find them on sale somewhere.

Can’t go wrong with a $30 Sony. I’ve had a similar model [MDR-G42] for years! Had to get some replacement foam pads when the ones it came with started falling apart, though. They’re more comfortable with the replacement pads, anyway.

I used to have Philips noise-canceling lightweight headphones at work but they didn’t last as long as my Sonys.

The Grado SR-80are IMO the single best pair of knockaround headphones I have ever owned.

Some people find them a bit uncomforable, and being open air…people are going to hear what you are listening to. But they are *good *headphones, and under $100.

I think the OP would prefer something a bit smaller than the Bose and Grado.

Well, maybe, but in that case the sony’s you recommended are the way to go. Grado’s are biggish, but *will *fit under a hat.

The two biggest drawbacks are

  1. they aren’t collapsable
  2. everyone will in a few feet of you will be able to hear what you are listening to

But they sound great.

Koss Portapro.

It’s an old standby for a lot of reasons.

  • The sound quality is good. Not great, but above average for sure.
  • They’re only $50.
  • Highly portable.
  • Koss Lifetime warranty. Replaced mine twice - once for worn-out earmutps (after having listened to them for about four hours every day for two years, during my commute and my evening jog) and once for a blown speaker. Sent them in, wrote off a receipt and got a new pair straight away from the tech. (To be fair, I should have had to wait for my old pair to get back, but the tech made sure it was a genuine product error so he just gave me a new set.)

Thanks for all the recos. Basically, I use my headphones when I’m doing mundane, often loud, chores around the house, like mowing the lawn in the summer and snowblowing the driveway in the winter. So , yeah I need something fairly loud so that I can hear the finer acoustics . Maybe the noise reduction models are the way to go.
I love the idea of getting Bose headphones, although I don’t think I can justify the price. I got my wife a Bose port for her Ipod a couple Christmass’ ago, and the sound quality for such a small unit is awesome. It was expensive, but it made a believer out of me.