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    Headphone recommendations for work?

    Hi guys,
    I am looking for some advice on some headphones with the following:
    -Closed ear headphones (minimal sound leaking at the least)
    -high/very high sound quality
    -good bass
    - easy to drive by my mid level headphone amp at work.

    Currently was using my K701's, but they aren't driven to nearly their best (since they are a pain to amp) as well as leak sound and annoy everyone around me :P

    So recommendations for headphones meeting those criteria would be great

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    SRH840/SRH440 for great isolation. I liked my 840 and it had a pleasing level of bass that wasn't over powering like the D2000 I have now.

    An alternative is the DT250.

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    Sennheiser HD25 are great phones. I use them for critical listening to recordings for work. Great isolation. Used by DJs, so must have good bass. Also the ear cups are on swivels, so you can just use one ear, with the other free.
    I have two pair that are now twenty years old, and still going great.

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    if you can try a AT w1000x. Great sounding pair of headphones, closed, and with quite good bass presence. It has a unique AT sound signature though, so something to keep in mind.

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    I use my ath-es7 and like them a lot. Easy to run, good bass and with a bit of foam under the headband they are very comfortable. Don't need an amp to run them and they have a nice, shiny earcup! Not uber expensive, can be had for around the $150 ish mark here is Australia.
    I also really like the Grado/Alessandro range, but they do leak a little (depends on how loud you like it). They should not annoy your work colleagues if there is a little ambient noise in the room. Open phones generally give a better sound over closed phones (IMHO) and many on other forums would agree. My Koss ksc-75 fight way above their price if you are looking for a really cheap pair.
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    Check out the Sony MDR 7506

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    Check out the Denon range. They make closed headphones that arent boomy but are easy to drive and have excellent bass. The 1001 model is surprising good and has an acceptable appearance in a work environemnt and also lets enough outer sound in that work mates can actually be heard if they call out. The 7000 is the top of the range and is superb. It turns average amps into gold and the bass is excellent.

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