'Surround' headphones for late night home theatre movies... What are my options?

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I'd love to be able to watch more movies on my home-theatre projector screen late-night after everybody's gone to bed, and as such I'd love to be able to re-create the typical loud boomy bassy cinema sound in headphones. I'm not too bothered about wireless, in fact I'd probably prefer a wired solution if possible (better quality, no interference and one less thing to remember to charge!) but I'd like some headphones that are comfortable for 3+ hours of wear, have a decent low-end bass with high-end clarity for vocals, and won't break the bank (I'm probably looking to spend around £100-150 and certainly no more than £250!).

I've also thought about getting some 'surround' headphones but not sure whether any of the 'fake' surround emulations are actually any good... I'd want to be able to tweak the room size/dampening/etc if so, not just 'surround' on/off...Not sure if something like that exists? Or failing that, a set of true surround headphones with separate drivers, again if anything like that exists....

Any ideas??
 
The best headphones you can afford and use avpc card with Dolby digital.. Or buy a astro mixamp

Should've been more specific - I don't use a PC in my home theatre; mostly play Blu Rays from my PS4 or videos from Kodi running from a Raspberry Pi 2 or my Boxee Box, so will need to be a headphone that supports something like a multichannel optical input...
 
Cool, thanks. Most of the answers I'm getting from other people are just saying 'buy the best pair you can afford and don't worry too much about the surround sound aspect (because it's not real surround sound...)'
 
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