[FONT=Arial]Hi, can anyone suggest a good pair of headphones to use with emacs and a G4 mac? They will be primarily used for digital video editing so need to give a clear accurate sound - have looked at countless models and am no closer to choosing, so recommendations would really help![/FONT]

[engaged]

You just want something that looks good, right?!

(I'm not taking the mickey - I'm a Mac user, too. )

Yah got me - something in white with a silver trim would be marvellous Nah its just I'm even more baffled now than when I started looking at headphones, there's so many! Just wondered if there were any models or brands that were particularly good for working with computers (and they would probably be used with DV cameras as well), as the macs i'm using at my workplace don't have external speakers thus the sound quality is rather poo - plus if each mac had headphones the sound wouldn't bother other users of the studio.

[extremelydodgy]

How much?

Hmm, preferably under around £80 as we're thinking of getting 2 or 3 pairs

[rOAdeh]

clear and accurate sound at that price point means that in ear monitors can't be beat imo, look at etymotic and shure. Not sure how suitable though - they might be uncomfortable for extended use.

If you want something circumaural then maybe something like the Sennheiser HD595s - the jury seem to be out on whether they are as good as the legendary HD580s but each has it's own camp but if i remember correctly they are fairly easy to drive even with computer soundcard outputs and so don't need an amp to eek out the same performance from other headphones