So I've had the same pair of Shure SE210s for about 27 months now and I think it might be time for an upgrade.

Last night my girlfriend tried them and fell in love (currently she uses crappy in-ear iPod earphones). She was already on amazon looking for a book so she looked them up and it turns out the entire Shure SE line is on sale.

Unless someone has some negative feedback or a better option, I think I'm going to buy the SE530 PTH. They're <$300 right now shipped when ordinarily they're almost $600.

 

I really like my Bose noise canceling head phones. I believe that they go for around $300.

 

I have the SE 530's and they are great

 

I bought a Sennheiser noise-cancelling headset from soundearphones.com (board sponsor) last year - they were the best audio guys I've ever worked with. Highly recommended.

 

I bought my SE530s here from the Soundearphones.com forum sponsor. I love them. I'd talk to him first and see if they can work with your budget.

 

Oh yeah, I used soundearphones for my purchase too...they were good

 

Sennheiser is realy good, have them now.
I used to have Bose and they are better.
I've never had something from Shure SE.

 

I'll definitely buy from the sponsor before I buy from Amazon, assuming they'll match the price.

 

I would recommend the Westone 3's or the Grado GR8's. Feel free to give me a call if you want to discuss some options.

 

The Westone 3s have a plethora of rave reviews. I went for the Ultimate Ears triple.fi 10's that're great. So many good options in this price range it's tough to choose.