I’ve had to become really practical with my headphones, because when I can listen to music the most I’m either around other people at work, or sleeping kids at home. Plus I’m super vain about my hair which basically only gives me in ear headphones to work with.

When I’m working on music I’ll listen on my really really good headphones (I have a pair of Audeze LCD-2’s for mixing and mastering).

Honestly, though, a decent pair of earphones like AirPods is fine if you focus on the right EQ settings to flatten the sound out. $100 earphones and a $10 app can sound like a $500 pair of earphones if you’re diligent about chasing the frequency response curve with that EQ app.