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as far as on-ear headphones go, i've been using a pair of sennheiser px 100's for several years and love them. unfortunately, they've seen better days. i recently purchased the next generation model px 100 II, and they are clearly inferior in terms of both sound and comfort.

can anyone recommend some on-ear phones (as opposed to the over-ear cups). thanks!

edit: actually, any headphone recommendations at all would be welcome.

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i've always gone with sennheisers. i recently bought the px200-11 which do a good job on my ipod. i think you'd call them "on ear" as they don't fully enclose the ear. i have some fully enclosed ones for my home stereo (HD 215) which i'm pretty happy with too.

thanks bernie.

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Alas, the death of the wonderful PMX-100's, I just mothballed my second pair, (didn't have the heart to toss them; they'd been through the war so the end of the cord is barely hanging on...but they stil play, just not out on my bike in rough use).

I went on the hunt, and as you found no more PMX 100's, so I went with another pair of PMX - 60, which are pretty good and lightweight. http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PMX-60 ... rds=pmx+60

The best around the neck I have ever heard, and they even blow the PMX-100's right out of the water are the iGrado's, http://www.amazon.com/Grado-iGrado-Head ... rds=igrado . They actually mounted the drivers from their SR-60's, so they are not even in the same class as the pmx's.

The down side is the drivers are heavier and and amd not be asthetically appealing to some. They are also a bit tight. I find that the fit is uncomfortable after 2 hours on a bike, but they are fine for an hour, so if I'm going out for a while, I use the PMX's.

If you have an isomething, these from Polk are very impressive.

http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-UltraF ... headphones

I had a pair for a day, but the plug on them is made for an iPhone and ahas three connectors, (one for the in line microphone), which made them incompatable with my Sont NetMD. They sounded better than the PMX-100's, but alas I had to send them back.

So I gave up on the hunt to equal my PMX-100's in sound and weight, I went with the good ole reliable PMX-60's.

I've tried a lot of other kinds, but those are the top sport headphones. I had a pair of I think PMX 200's, and I sent them right back, no-where near my 100's.

For home use I have the Grado SR-325i's, they've come down $50 bucks in price but are still $300.00. It's the best sound I've ever experienced.

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I also have Grado's; they are fabulous and not expensive.

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thanks baddy, much appreciated, will def check out your recommendations.

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I really like my AKG K240's very much.

So did you decide on anything?

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well i wound up buying a pair of sennheiser hd558's...these huge over the ear things that have absolutely nothing to do with what i was looking for. i like 'em though.

i also "repaired" my original px100's with new ear pads and creative use of scotch tape. they're functional, and i'll continue using them until they fall apart.

sennheiser wanted some crazy price for replacement pads, so i went to my local walmart, bought a $5 pair of sony headphones, and took the pads off of them. works fine.

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