Headphones for recording vocals mostly-somguitar

I have AT ATH-M50's. Sound real nice. But do to well, psoriasis, there I said it. I need real , real comfy.
Home studio-I only record myself and really only use the headphones for recording my vocals and perhaps guitar at times.
So............mine are over the ear closed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My on ly restraints are money-what a surprise. $300 range. Comfy for long sessions and killer sounds.
 
Please try and help me-I cannot elaborate much more except to quote Mick Jagger. Time  is not on my side-no it ain't
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My AKG K240's are so comfy that I forget that I have them on.

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I prefer the Sennheiser HD280Pro's for that. Their larger cups fully envelope even big ears and they offer excellent isolation for tracking. They do use the standard seatcover-plastic but are still reasonably comfy because they're large enough to not rest directly on the ears. They're certainly more comfortable than the ATH-M50's. 

I also have the 280's.  They're pretty bass-heavy, but I do like the isolation.
They're also kind of tight on the head (good for sealing) so they get uncomfortable after a while.
 

Well, here I the difference. So I guess for me recording vocals and some guitar the 80 ohms is what I should get. But I would like to be able to mix with them if need be also-in which case they recommend 250 ohms.
Thanks folks
 
DT 770 PRO, 32   ohms:
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DT 770 PRO, 80   ohms:
  for recording   applications within the studio        
 
DT 770 PRO,   250 ohms:
    for mixing   applications in the studio
      
 

The different headphone impedances are intended for different uses in the following way.

High impedance, e.g. 250 Ohms (and some are much higher) are intended to be used in a studio or anywhere many headphones sending the same sounds are used at the same time. They are usually connected to the speaker outputs of a high-powered monitoring amplifier, which will typically have a speaker output impedance of 8-16Ohms.

By connecting multiple high impedance headphones in parallel the impedance load seen by the amplifier is calculated by the formula for resistors in parallel, 1/R=1/r+1/r+1/r.... So two 250 ohm phones = 125 Ohms, four sets = 62 Ohms, etc. Connect enough sets of phones and the impedance load on the amp reduces to what it's designed to handle. The combined paralleled multiple phones can also handle the amplifier's power output.

Mid range, e.g. 80 Ohms, are intended to be used in the same kind of way, but where fewer sets of phones are in use. There are some dedicated headphone amplifiers/sockets on soundcards etc. that are designed to handle that kind of load as well.

Choosing a too high impedance when connecting a single set of phones to a headphone output however places too high a load on a dedicated headphone output with the result you lose volume. So phones intended to connect directly to the headphone socket(s) on soundcards, mixers, hi-fi amps etc are generally in the under 64 Ohm range. While every headphone socket will have an optimal impedance manufacturer's often don't bother telling you what it is, but that's usually not a problem as they'll work over a broad range.

So the short answer is if you want to connect a single pair of headphones to a headphone output, the best bet is to go with the 32 Ohm set.

OK I am now looking at Sennheiser HD650's ($399) vs Shure SRH1540 ($499)
 
Any thoughts on these?
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Paul P
 
Old sound systems and mixers wanted high impedance headphones.
 
For my EPM6 mixer (still sold), Soundcraft recommends greater than 150 ohms.  Oddly, no company under the Harmon umbrella (notably AKG) makes such headphones.  So Harmon sells a product for which you have buy a competitor's headphones (lower impedance does work, it's just not recommended).
 
I think Beyerdynamic are the only ones to still make high impedance phones.

My AKG K240's are 600ohm. Of course, they're about 15 years old. Maybe that's got something to do with it.