You should give the BLON B8s a try, I heard they are good.
CAL! Headphones = $50
Cooler Master MH751/Takstar Pro 82 = $76
Sivga SV006 = $94
Sivga SV002 = $96
Sivga SV007 = $100
AKG K371 = $125
1More Triple Driver “Over-Ear” = $150
Blue Sadie = $199
B&O H6 = $200
Sony MDR-1AM2 = $200
Dekoni Blue = $200
Audioquest Nighthawk Carbon = $249
AKG K712 = $289
Audio-Technica R70x = $299
Blue Mix-Fi DJ Headphones = just under $300
Sennheiser HD600 (hovering around $300)
Audio-Technica AD1000x (hovering around $300)
Monolith M1060 = $300
Fostex T60rp = $300
Modhouse Argon Mk 3 = $295 to $375
Ever so slightly out of price range:
Monolith M1060C = $329
HiFiMan Sundara = $350
Let me know if I missed any. 
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Monoprice retros/brainwaves xxl pads 50$
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I’d have to recommend consideration for the NAD Visio HP-50’s. they used to be $300 but are going for around $150 new now.
I was going to put those in but a lot of people hate them apparently and say they are very muddy. 
I don’t find them muddy at all…I do for the Blon B8’s tho.
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Akg k240
Are pretty great if can be found used
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uhhh Takstar Pro 82? aren’t they also a good starting point?
Audioquest Nighthawk Carbons are still $199 on Music Direct. I can’t describe the sound, but it sounds damn nice and stupidly comfy.
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I put them on my list. The Cooler Master MH751 are just a rebranded Takstar Pro 82.
@Veritas Couldn’t agree more lol. They are my favorite.
I had a pair, sold them close to 2 years ago. I kinda miss them in a weird way, probably because they sounded like nothing else. That and the comfort level is amazing.
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@formerviking @M0N Which ear pad for the Nighthawks were your favorite btw? I can’t choose. I think pleather sounds better, but the micro suede is definitely more comfortable and sounds more fun.
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Well, that’s really up to your preferences lol. I have been with pleather
I do like the sound of the pleather better. It does get slightly oily though (gross) and the suede one feels more comfortable.
List’s headphones should have detail description after them, if amp is needed what are they like compared to etc.
Then hit that to Sticky topic, always on top. Headphones under 300$, gaming / or & music Read this!!
Would cover a ton of similar topics out.
…Fostex T50RPs, he says, with T50RPs on his head. 
150$ + 20$ Shure 840 pads
ATH-M40Xs are good apparently (But not M50Xs apparently, lol.)
Fiio EH3 NC (the new wired + usb-dac-wired + wireless headphones) 150$?
Verum Ones are, 350$-ish?
Takstar HF580 (the “bassy Sendy Aivas”)… 200$?
Thieaudio Phantoms (350$)
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Superlux HD 681
Superlux HD-681 EVO
Philips Fidelio X2HR
ReTrak RA48448
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Turtle Beach Elite Atlas? (hides)
(…hey, everyone gotta start somehwere.)
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I’ll tell you the truth, it’s been so long I forget which I preferred. Kind of think the suede, but not positive. I do know I would have wound up going with whichever sounded better to me in the end.