Shure SRH840, super comfortable, affordable and spare parts are cheap. Easy to throw around and it sounds good for the money. Less closed and still good the Koss PortaPro.
I was just having a pretty close discussion to this here. Take a look at Sennheiser 471 (currently $80 at Amazon). Tyll put it on his Christmas recs list at IF. I may pick some up. May be worth looking at. There's also CAL! And MD currently has the purple heart EMU's available for immediate shipping. I've heard those leak and don't isolate well though.
@Deep Funk I forgot about the 840! I found the dip in the upper midrange a bit weird, but can't say I hated them. Bit pricier than she wants to spend, though.
@DigMe Gah, I can't believe I forgot about the MDxEMU Purplehearts! LOL, I remember wanting a pair cuz @Hands kinda sold me on them with his review. Well within budget too, as is the CAL! 2.
But she's considering the Senns just because it's Senn. Eh, reliable brand I guess, haha. Should also isolate better. Thank you!
I bring my X00s to school, and the minimal leak but low isolation took a bit of getting used to. Useful in certain settings, but I can see how there being basically no attenuation might be a problem for many.
Whichever she ends up getting, I'll get to listen to anyway, so yay for trying new stuff out :))
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