Hey guys, it's been awhile since I posted here on the forums. As many of you know from my previous posts I will be going to college next year and living in a dorm. For that reason, I have been convinced by man to go with a nice headphone rig for my dorm. Reason being I have spent a lot of time compiling a system that I would not want to be stolen or trashed down at college. Plus my room mate and neighbors may very well not like hearing my music.

I ahve a 500 dollar budget for this headphone rig. I am looking for a set of closed headphones that present the most realistics soundstage. I understand soundstaging is usually one of the biggest let downs for headphones in comparison to speakers but I am looking for the best headphones can offer. I too understand I will probably need a dac and headphone amp to run these headphones off my ipod for superior sound.

For an all inclusive budget of 500 dollars what do you think is the best I can do. I need a set of headphones, an amp, and a dac. I would be willing to raise my budget slightly if need be, but I would like for this to cost as little as possible. If I could do it for under 300 that would be great but I like good sound and understand it comes at a price. Thanks to all......