In all honesty, headphones should really almost never be used for mixing down recorded tracks. There's usually too much disparity between the perceived acoustics of a headphone mix and the ambient acoustics of a typical listening environment. Sometimes using headphones as an alternate reference point for your mixes can be good, but in most situations a pair of studio monitors is necessary.
Guitarbizarre is right though if you are really compelled to mix through headphones don't skimp on quality, and make sure you're getting a pair wit an across the spectrum flat frequency response. Otherwise your mixes will be terribly inaccurate. Or, better yet, invest in a really good pair of studio monitors instead.
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