I need to bump this thread b/c now I want new headphones. I've never used headphones other than the ones that came with my discman (yes, discman, I've never had an mp3 player). I mainly will be listening from my computer. We're going on a long trip, but I listen off my computer since it is small, has all my mp3s, and I also use it to watch movies. I actually plug it into the cigarette lighter, so power is not an issue. My computer is an HP Pavilion dv2050, so the capacity of sound quality output is whatever video card my comp has.
Basically, I want nice head phones with the headband (not behind the head or ear buds) that also cancel outside noise to some extent. It's going to be an 18 hr car ride with my little sister and her friends, plus you know how there's just a lot of noise driving fast on the highway with windows down (yeah our AC has been broken for years). I'm not an audio tech buff, I just need something better than the types of headphones you get free on planes.
Recommendations?