SR125e

Grado Sr-125e with Leather pads, This World is Going up in Flames by Charles Bradley. Fuck I need to fix/mod them, I've been missing them since the left cable detached :(

No contest koss kph40i. 40 bucks. Personally, grado sr60x for 100. If you're willing to spend a few days looking, used sr125e's for like 50 bucks. The diminishing returns on audio happens quick past about 400 bucks. 250 on iems

Real talk? I think my grado 125e's are up there with the best. I also really like the fiio Ft1 pro. Very good for gaming.

You want too many things out of one device. Don't get one thing that does all of those shitty. Get some rosetechnics ceramics x earbuds for jogging and outdoor use. 30 bucks, put on the rock eq in the app (and set the language to English) and add some $10 foam ear tips - the generic ones made for the xm4 buds are the best. They have pretty good anc with a wine noise mode that works great. Surprisingly great sound quality. No sweaty head. If you need wireless for gaming, your only choice is the audeze Maxwell if you care about good audio. Bluetooth has some inherent lag and Bluetooth microphones are universally bad. You need a dongle. And the only option that is worth the price at any price is the Maxwell. But if you can go wired, the world's your oyster. Also remember that all wireless things are disposable. They will not last more than 4 or 5 years tops. I don't like throwing away expensive things. Some good wired headphones will last forever. Plus device switching on wireless is a pain (the dongle on the Maxwells makes it better, they can be paired to your phone via Bluetooth with the LDAC codec (if you're android, if you're apple you're screwed for wireless quality but fiio is supposedly working on a tiny Bluetooth adapter that fixes that) and then just use the dongle to plug into various devices. Personally, I game with fiio Ft1 pro's, my grado 125e's or my ga3000e's. I'd I want a closed back experience, I use the apevoix Grit iems, which are only around 220 but punch well into the 700-800 range and have astoundingly good gaming technical performance too.

New? Ft1 pro, the regular Ft1 is good but not "big ass easy to drive planar magnetic that come with both 3.5 and 4.4 cables. For about 200 But year on year, used grado sr60, 80, 125, and 225's. Used pristine 125e's are like 50 bucks everywhere and they're just a fabulous set of cans, and durable as hell.. But new, its the Ft1 pro, no contest. Or iems. Moondrop kadenz are just astonishing for 200 bucks. But the simgot em6l are also amazing for 100.

My desert island headphone is the Meze Classic 99. Hard case, every cable I need, high end construction, I can use literally any standard or fancy cable I like. Sounds more than good enough (more fun than precise). They also cancel a lot of noise passively. They run out of anything. My absolute favorite are the Grado SR series. I have the 80s. More than comfortable enough for me, super light, my favorite sound signature, they're open backs which I prefer. I modded mine so I can use any dual 3.5mm I like. I actually use my Meze cables quite frequently. These also run out of anything. I use the grados way more than any of my other pairs.

Grados, they’re the best. Some have more colour than others, but nothing compares. Prestige for daily use, Signature for serious analog audiophile listening sessions.

Grado SR series. They're open-back. You can hear everything.

Im an audio guy and after many years of optimizing playback solutions imo there are two very clear answers: Sennheiser 6XX for full size, and Etymotic ER2XR for IEMs.  The sennies can be found new for around 200 and the Etymotics are around 130 new. I found them uncomfortable and the cables are definitely microphonic but you can get aftermarket tips. For pure $/sound i think they are the strongest I've ever personally heard.  Another outside option is Grado SRs, for under 100 I love the sound. Build quality and comfort is meh but they look cool and sound excellent. They aren't a great match for every genre though, read up if interested. 

The maxes finally support wired playback. That was my “must have” for studio use. My second is comfort and weight, and that’s why I still use some ancient MDRs. The maxes are still a downgrade here. I’d also argue that open back headphone, while they sound great (I have some grados), are not great for a number of uses. I’m a drummer, and I want isolation for adding to a track. Isolation helps me hear the right levels of things.