[ScottBurson]

For a headphone with a particularly "live" sound that's not too awfully expensive, let me recommend the German Maestro GMP 8.300 D (http://www.amazon.com/German-Maestro-GMP-8-300-Professional/...) or 8.35 D (http://www.amazon.com/German-Maestro-GMP-8-35-Headphone/dp/B...). The 8.35 is a 35Ω model but otherwise identical -- it will play louder and is intended for use with portable players (but I just tried my 300Ω unit with an iPod and it gets pretty loud, just not into ear-damage territory).

When listening to well-recorded jazz with these 'phones, I find it easy to close my eyes and imagine I'm in the room with the musicians -- more so than with anything else I've found in the price range.

[neya]

Beware of heavily marketed expensive headphones! I'm not saying the one you suggested is bad, but you gotta make sure you don't fall for the Psychological marketing that is heavily abused in the world of headphones, where you end up paying more for the brand than the headphone components themselves. For example, when they say "You will hear sounds you've never heard before" you will suddenly almost always feel that way, because of how psychology works. I can suggest you two excellent, professional, accurate, inexpensive, comfortable headphones that are better than even the most popular Sennhs:

1)http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-RPHTF600S-RP-HTF600-S-Stereo...

2)http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-V6-Monitor-Series-Headphones/...

Cheers