Selecting a headphone is probably the most personal choice to be made as an audiophile. After all, it fits on your head, so physical comfort is at least as important as SQ. But there's more to it than that, because headphones don't really produce "accurate" sound, except perhaps when using a binaural recording. Most recordings are designed to be heard using loudspeakers, so the whole "sound in your head" phenomenon that we get from a headphone is unnatural, even if it might be pleasant.
For those reasons, I suggest you begin your effort at a dealer with an assortment of cans that you can demo at your leisure. I think you'll find that they often sound very different from each other - perhaps even more so than speakers.
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Primary sources: VPI TNT III/SDS turntable, SME-V arm; Bryston BDP-3 digital player; Bryston BDA-3 DAC; McIntosh MVP-881 disc player; McIntosh MR-80 tuner. Preamplifier Audio Research Ref 5SE; Audio Research Ref Phono 2SE; Moon 430 HA. Amplifiers Conrad Johnson Premier 1B; Audio Research D-300; Bryston 4B. Speakers Infinity IRS Beta. Recorders Tandberg TD20A; Crown SX-822; Nakamichi 670ZX; Alesis Masterlink ML-9600. Power Tice Power Block/Titan (x2); McIntosh MPC1500; API Ultra II-20; multiple 20A derated dedicated lines.
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