I am to a certain degree an audiophile, I'm not super picky and I don't have to have the bet, but I can tell what is the best and what is missing from low quality stuff. With that out of the way - GOOD HEADPHONES MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. having listened to hundreds of headphones from $20-$600+ with pre-amps, eqs, and all sorts of systems behind them and also stand alone. Here is a list of different good quality headphones at different price ranges There is also one pair of headphones, the name of which is escaping me right now, but they are from alibaba and are chinese no name headphones but they are actually REALLY nice headphones for the $25 or whatever the cost. They put up a fight again most $75 pairs.
Without a doubt in that price range Takstar Hi2050. They are the best! Oh yea, order them from Aliexpress - not Amazon they are $34 on ali shipped, and $60 on amazon, they will take like 8 weeks or so to get here so if you don't need them in a hurry do that.
I'd like to ask a question about headphones, also. I have a pair of V-Moda Crossfade LP2 headphones and they sound pretty good to me, but I'm not an experienced headphone listener. My question for you is, have you had experience with these? Am I missing out on good sound quality or are these headphones a decent pair?