Just curious if there is such a thing as a pop music genre today. I assume hip-hop is a genre, anything else? Here's a short list of where I've been and the way I saw progression in pop music. In the 50's it was dreadful, until we got DJ's in the late 50's and rock-n-roll started breaking out...

Normally I would wait for reviews before risking something like this, but B&H are listing these at $199 U.S. instead of $299, so I ordered them. They're not returnable to B&H, so I hope there isn't something weird about the purchase or the merchandise, or they sound really awful. The promo...