Found a pair of Samson SR850 headphones on Amazon (new, sold by Amazon themselves--yes, I know they too sometimes have fakes, but eh) for about 30 bucks. Since my mom basically stole my MDR-V6's (themselves replacing a pair of M40x's that were broken when a thief tried to steal them), and because I found the grain on the highs irritating, I was hoping I could get these in a couple of months rather than get her a pair to get the V6's back. Open back apparently tends to have better sound stage (only open back phones I've ever owned are the Koss Sport-A-Pros, which I can't stand since I got better cans), which I know will be a plus, but I hope I'm not sacrificing too much sound quality for the price...
Hoping the v-shaped sound profile isn't too severe. Everywhere I've read, they've been described as having a "slight" one. I mean, I know the V6 isn't particularly flat, so I'm not too worried about that.
Any thoughts, or better recommendations? January 1st I'll be getting a pretty decent pay increase, but I'll also be paying about 38 dollars more a month in rent... which is 340 right now after housing voucher deductions (I make 750 bucks a month, but will be making 775 or so on the first; the complex is raising rent--which typically I end up eating the difference for a few months before the housing authority works it out---and I'll be needing to start paying an additional 8 bucks a month for liability insurance due to changes in the lease starting December 1st, so...)