Good bang for the buck

I bought a pair of these headphones about 7 or 8 years ago for a hair under $90. They are still going strong under near daily use. Originally designed to help me ignore my nagging parents (way back then), they now serve to shutout ambient office noise quite nicely. At times they even doubled as earmuffs in the cold Michigan winters on my way to classes.

The fully sealed earpieces block you off from the outside world quite nicely. I can literally wear these headphones all day. They are that comfortable. They have nice large padded earpieces that swivel along several different axes. The cord is also nice and long (10ft or so) and coiled, so you can use them while needing to walk across the room and whatnot.

Sound quality is better than anything I have heard in the price range. It doesn't compare to the Sennheiser 600 that my roommate uses, but that also costs a lot more.

They are great at isolating most background noise. Plane rides and co-workers' telephone conversations are easily filtered out. Just beware of people that think you are ignoring them. =)