LemonCheek

If you don't mind the background noise that it can record and/or if you don't like dealing with background noise in post-production, then that'd be great.

Condenser mics tend to be ridiculously sensitive. Meaning that the mic is bound to pick up the sound of a pin dropping like 10 feet away at the height of 1 ft. A dynamic mic is kind of the opposite with its frequencies optimized to pick up vocals (I dunno how those engineers can calculate which specific frequency range it is that is should be sensitive to and what sound it should be recording, while being insensitive enough that a vacuum cleaner has to be 1 foot close to it for the mic to pick it up... but its worked for years, much to my surprise)

Except for the 940, IMHO. I don't see the value of a headphone that feels like that if a fly landed on it, it'd crack.

Saying Shure is a luxury brand is pretty much an insult to the company that has had 99% of its products dedicated to audio producers, music artists, audio engineers, and the likes. Hell, they don't even show up at events where the likes of MrSpeakers, AKG, Sennheiser, etc... show up and show off their stuff to consumers (like, they just bought them just to use them for listening) and they still have a metric fuckton of customers anyways.

I shall now call the Abyss as the Ass Crinkle.

Audio Technica ATR2100 would fit your budget... and you'd still have change from it. Don't be fooled by the looks. It looks like a handheld mic, but the fact that its a dynamic microphone (like the Rode Podcaster and the Procaster) means you are incredibly less likely to pick up background noise. Its like someone has to ram a car in your front door and explode for the mic to pick it up as background noise. But still, it'd pick up your voice... you'd just have to be 18 inches close to the mic. Depending on your table setup (like, how big your table is, how much space you have left after putting your stuff there, how much room you can put for the mic, etc...), it'd work.

Linus made a video about it.

Sometimes i don't get the point of looks when someone wants a pair of headphones that look good. Its not like they always have a mirror or have a hyper reflective monitor/TV infront of them... if the Abyss' looks were to be concerned... it looks like a hanger. At an angle, it looks like one of the crinkles of my ass. Back on-topic, yeah... @Merc. better off that you increase your budget if you're obsessed with looks and still have the audio traits you are looking for.

Speaking of Shure (and going a bit out of topic) Here are some things I've heard and read regarding Shure: Michael Jackson used the Shure SM7B for his Thriller album. The SM7B is still in production to this day. The SM7B is one insensitive dynamic mic (and may qualify as the HE-6 of microphones in terms of how hard to drive). The Shure SM57 and SM58 (both are technically the same, even Shure says so, with the exception of the grill... thats it...) is the equivalent of that Nokia cellphone that killed the dinosaurs. Its so durable that dropping it to the ground damages the earth more than how destroyed the grill is. If not that Nokia cellphone, then its the microphone equivalent of the AK47... even running it over with a tank won't stop it from working. The SM57 and SM58 do not suffer from handling noise compared to that of Sennheiser and Rode. The SM58 is more than capable for voice-overs, recordings, and it specializes on live performance. The Shure SRH1540 is at the top of Innerfidelity's Wall of Fame in the over-ear closed category (not sure if its really the top or its just there at the top because its the most expensive). Mind you, Tyl knows his shit. Arguably the most reliable headphone reviewer today. And, to me, he's the unbiased headphone measurement source version of DXOMark... which I dunno if they are still biased in favor of Nikon... or Sony (since Nikon bends over for Sony so that Sony would make their sensors), but whatever. So yeah, @HumbleMobo Shure's actually way better than you think. And also, AKG has fallen off, despite rising up again... slowly... at a snail's pace, since Harman bought them and dumbed them down.

WOOPS! I thought we were still on the 558's

As far as I've heard, read, and see, Shure is actually underrated.

Just increase your budget if you want to be close to "perfect" or something.

Its because there are headphones that are actually better for the money anyways.

DAYUM!

Out of curiousity, how much did you get your Valhala?