[AutotelicBrown]

Originally Posted by Riotpolice

To answer your question about earbuds that are noise cancelling, yes there are some out there. I currently have the Etymotic Hf5 earbuds, and they can cancel out pretty much ALL sound with them just in your ears listening to nothing. Once sound kicks in to both ear pieces, you don't hear a thing except for your music.

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/hf5.html

Of course, that's if you want to fork out the $150 for a pair......

I also own the Hf5 and it is a good phone, though I haven't sampled many IEMs (in-ear monitors). From a noise cancelling point of view they are pretty much equal to any other decent IEM, only really low frequencies will get through (which generally isn't a problem).

A non-earphone that I think is fine to use in-public is the Koss PortaPro, really cheap (around $40), decent for its price and mostly low profile.

I will also second what has been said about m50, probably the safest bet on its price range. And for open-back I'd recommend any lower-end Grado, I currently own and use a SR225 and so far is my preferred headphone.

Originally Posted by PriestREA

must be beats by dre

Beats by doctor doctor best shit.