Over the years I've invested a lot of time and far too much money in trying to find the "perfect" pair of headphones.
I can't honestly say that I've found them though:
- I've got a great pair of Grado SR60's, which sound magnificent, but leak noise like a very noisy, leaky thing.
- I've got a set of Sony mdrex81's. These are canal-phones, and I think they might have convinced me that I don't like canal-phones at all. The theory seems to be that you jam them as far into your ear as they will go, and you get great sound. The only problem is, if your ears aren't the correct shape, they sound rubbish. They come with other rubber "bungs" that are supposed to provide a better fit, but the larger ones just feel uncomfortable to me – oddly enough, they make me feel claustrophobic.
- Somewhere, hidden in the depths of one of the many drawers I've got at home, is a pair of Sennheiser px200's. These are a great set of headphones. They fold down, for portability, they insulate quite a lot of the sound, and they have pretty good sound quality. I've lost them though.
- I've also got a set of cheapo Beyer Dynamics (DT231's, I think) which are fine, but they make me ears sweat. That, and I think I loaned them to a colleague and never got them back. Or I lost them.
- And, finally, I've got a set of Philips SBC-HN100's for work. They're noise cancelling phones, so are quite handy for a noisy, open plan office environment. The problem with these is that they don't sound terribly smart.
So, I've not found the perfect, all purpose, uber headphones yet. Steve has, and promises to blog about them. When he does, ::steve("this"):: will be a link 
I've ordered some Sennheiser mx550's now. They should arrive next week. Ashleigh loves his, so I'm hoping I'll like mine…
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