Quote: As an E7 owner, I would like to know this as well.

+1 for the Monoprices! Decent pink noise burn-in and simple recable + foamies = AMAZING 

Quote: Fascinating! How impossible do you think it is to get old-school 4AAA's today? Have to pry them from cold, dead hands?

Going to mess this thread right up with some amazing ElectroAmbi' (it's time to chill out).   Band = Hammock   Here's a taste from their newest album! http://youtu.be/JRwijpJqLUw   Enjoy you BPM nerds ;)

It's always been my understanding that properly recorded and mastered music is meant to be enjoyed at reference settings (aka flat). It should not matter what music you're listening to so long as it was properly mastered.  

Interesting point OP makes, referencing physical fatigue. I >do< feel like I get to my fatigue level much faster after coming home from a long day at work - as opposed to tossing on some tunes in the middle of a day off.

I played D3 for about 5 hours and stopped. No idea why - just logged out and never logged back in.

Gahhh! That looks like a screenshot from Fallout 3, lol!

Quote:  I've always been very leery of maintaining a "dangerous" level of travel in my portable setup (as you mention). Just afraid of that doomsday scenario when someone you're giving a demo to decides to start mashing the volume buttons without asking... yikes!  

I got a chance to spend roughly 4-5 hours with these cans using my own source and amp.   I can 100% tell you that these things are engineered to be powered by weak portable devices (i.e. iPods) and compensate for the lack of Bass and Treble inherent in lossy music (i.e. Streaming, iTunes...

Quote: This is what I do as well (except that I use Goldwave). FLAC is just so much better supported.

Wow, great write-up and will definitely aid me in my upcoming amp purchase.

I really want to get my hands on this - love my E7!