I use the Sony model #V 600,If I remember they where $135.00, look at the V400's if they still make that model anymore. love them, but they get hot after wearing them for extended periods!

I have used a 20 dollar pair of Skull Candy Ear Buds for recording, the ones of with a rubber gasket that goes into your ears. Blocks enough noise out that you wont deafen yourself with what you are listening to to get over the drums. A buddy of mine used to put ear buds under a pair of shooters ear guards. Never did it myself but I would assume that would work well too

I use a couple of different types. I have one set of studio cans that stay packed in my on-call bag. They are Sony MDR-7506 Professional Dynamic Stereo Studio Monitors. They are the standard cans for most studios I've worked in. They are tough and easy to replace and have a nice sound.

I have another set for loud isolation work - Extreme Isolation EX-29 Stereo Headphones. These are used for monitor work or ipod practice. They really are excellent isolation cans.

Both will run in the area of a hundred or so.

Sennheisser HD-555

Here's a link:

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Most of my playing with monitors is at church and we use an Aviom system with individual 16 channel mixers for each instrumentalist. I used to use only Sony headphones with that system until once when all I had available was the pair of Bose triports (TP-1A) that I use on airplanes. The Bose headphones are really light and comfortable; I can literally wear them for hours with no discomfort. They are also very efficient, so your input levels can be dropped way down. The only potential downside is that they are not isolation headphones; I would guess only about a 15-20 db drop from ambient. I like that bit of "live" however and now primarily use the Bose.

I've been using the Sennheisser HD220's for a few years, now. Over the ear and light enough not to annoy. However, I'm not sure they're a current model any longer. I like the idea of the BOSE noise cancelling, so you probably wouldn't have to crank them up as much and hurt your ears.

Good luck.

B

Sennheiser HD 280 have excellent isolation. Can be a bit tight on the head. Very dry for mixing applications.

My main practice and tracking HPs are Sennheiser HD 25s. Fair mark up from $100US but the attenuation is outstanding. They extremely comfortable, light, and not cumbersome like the typical isolating HPs on the market.