[vorbis] OT: good headphones?

[Graham Mitchell]

This is off-topic, mostly, but I figure you guys will have some knowledge in 
this sound-quality-related area.

I'm sitting here looking at the most recent "Musician's Friend" at headphones 
and thinking about getting a pair.  They've got products from AKG, Fostex, 
Audio Technica, Nady, Sennheiser, and Sony, at price points ranging from $16 
to $130 (list prices $20 to $200).  What should I expect to pay for a decent 
pair of headphones?  Any brands to avoid?  I'd be using these for mixing 
multitrack recordings and editing CD audio, not for general music listening.  
I like to buy quality products, but price is somewhat of a factor.

(I guess you could say this question is Vorbis-related, because I'd also use 
them if I were ABXing.  With my current equipment (crappy passive PC speakers 
in a noisy room) I can't even ABX vorbis at quality 1 from the original CD 
source.  But I suspect I have dull ears, too (which is a blessing, really).)


-- 
Graham Mitchell - computer science teacher, Leander High School
"They come to watch me burn."
 	-- Charles Spurgeon

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