I'm the happy owner of a couple sets of A-T ATH-M50 cans for playing stuff loud and general purpose use, as well as my AKG 701 phones that are for more critical listening. (
Like this.) The thing is that both of them are large, over the ear types that require no small amount of amplifier power to sound good.
For portable use, in-ear models are really the only sensible way to go unless you're trying to make some kind of fashion statement. I've owned all sorts, from $15 Koss earbuds that are a great bargain, to $300 Etymotic reference models that are way too costly and delicate for me to be comfortable taking out of the house no matter how good they sound.
My advice is to audition if at all possible. I know that's going to be hard for earbuds. If you can't, then I'd listen more to what actual audiophiles are saying about the product, not what some mass media computer website says. These are audio products, not computing peripherals.