Hey all,
I have been using 'Studio Kanz' headphones for about two years and really like them.
They cost me 100 bucks.. whats great is the earmuffs are PVC, air filled, and totally tight. I record drums, vocals, etc and have never been able to hear bleed even at high SPL's. Also, they have a detachable cord, so if you need to feed a 30 ft cable you can do that without buying expensive adapters or new cans.
Anyone with a booth or separate drum room will appreciate this.
Also, they feature a volume knob on the L can.
There is another version avalable called 'Metrophones'. Same air-friggin-tight design, just with a built in metrophone, for about 15 bucks more. Great tool for drummers. Does double duty in the studio, too.
Stay away from headphones from Best Buy or the department store. Usually they are tuned to accentuate low and high digital frequencies and will not be all that useful for monitoring. Really the only difference is that after an hour of monitoring, your ears really get tired from all the boom-boom shaky-shaky...
Even though it might not sound quite as good, A pair of Beyer (nice reference earlier, bro) or StudioKANZ will be nice and f-l-a-t yeilding an easier monitoring experience.
Love peace and hairgrease
Aaron