Headphone question

[LonesomeFugitive]

I bought some sony headphones for $20 about 2 years ago. I use them mostly for listening to my pc's music collection. These things are killing my ears! everytime i hear music my ears hurt and I don't even have it loud.

Can you guys that know more about this stuff please recommend me some headphones at around the $40 dollar range? headphones that I can listen to music without killing my ears?