Grado RS1i Reference Series On-Ear Headphones

Pros: The best audio quality I have heard in a headphone

Cons: It isn't the flagship model any longer...

Summary: It took a long while to come up with the cash and the courage to splurge for these headphones. The price may seem a bit much to most people, but they (especially when paired with the Grado headphone amp). produce a sound quality that would take tens of thousands to produce with speakers, pre-amps, amplifiers in your home. The clarity and detail you will hear in recordings that you thought you knew inside out will really surprise you.

The sound-stage is such that you feel as if you are surrounded by the music as if you are a performer.

As I said, it was a stretch to buy these, but if for some reason I didn't have them (Stolen by wolves?) I wouldn't hesitate to replace then for a single minute.