Daily Headphone Purchase Advice Thread (2017-08-15)

Budget - anywhere between $100 to $300 USD (though if you have any recommendations somewhere outside those ranges I'd be interested in hearing them)

Source - iPhone, laptop, game consoles

Requirements for Isolation - higher isolation preferred, but not necessarily a deal breaker

Public? - Yes

Preferred Type of Headphone - full-size/over-ear, for sure

Preferred tonal balance - balanced, leaning toward the warmer side. I don't want bass cannons or anything but I do like a smoother sound.

Past headphones - Monster Inspirations

Preferred Music - a lot of chill/ambient stuff (think Nujabes), nu jazz/electro swing, folk/indie-pop, chiptune/synthy stuff. They'd be used for gaming, too, for what it's worth.

What would you like to improve on? - I enjoy my Inspirations well enough and appreciate the noise cancelling, but they only ever sound "right" when you turn noise cancelling on, and even then it kind of muddies the sound. I also think the treble can get a tinge too high, but that's rare and I've only recently even started noticing so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

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