These are exactly same as the Kicker HP541 (same drivers) DJ headphones with a different packaging (I think these Monoprice even offered a bonus cable in the package or something) and obviously significantly lower price (Kickers go for $50+)! There's a good thread on these headphones on head-fi somewhere.
Yea well 70~$80 or so worth sound isn't far-fetched (excluding people's personal taste variances as usual). It's slightly on the warmer side, too much for some while just suitable for others.
However if you really like good sounding budget headphones you just have to check out the Panasonic RP-HTF600, it goes for like $31 on amazon atm, these sound more like ~$100 worth of headphones but beware of burn-in on these, these if any headphones need 50hrs burn in. With just a 1~2dB or so boost to the highs (as well as deep bass if you like to balance it out the mid/subbass ratio a little) or simply removing the foam in front of the drivers and they sound pretty much perfectly balanced in mids & highs. The frequency balance is just amazing for $31 headphone headphone with no severe dips or peaks anywhere (they do have a boosted bass response but it's not the overhelming kind) and the soundstage is also very good, very "musical" headphone (ie. not the most accurate but very enjoyable to listen to). There's an over 100+ page long thread on those on head-fi. They are quite similar to the Monoprice/Kickers but slightly better regarding some people, especially soundstage.
What about a <$50 budget battle? Monoprice 8323 vs HTF600 vs Samson SR850(C) etc? :)
