I was one of the ppl who really had no knowledge or experience of audio, and was just looking for the best possible headphone as sort of an underground, recording artist. As a total newbie I went through different stages at a rapid rate. At first, the overwhelming majority of audiophiles - many...

Omg that was excellent!

No worries! It's been over for a while now.

bigshot I was mainly looking for music inspired by classical, and similarities that I agree are on the surface. As for classical music with all the instruments exchanged to fit a different genre, I don't have an example (but if someone else does I would love to give it a listen).

Prog rock has some great examples. Rush has been mentioned, I also very much enjoy the earlier works of Porcupine Tree. As for metal/classical there are two very on the nose picks: Dream Theater and, to an even greater extent, Symphony X (I'd term the latter neo-classical shred metal). Metal...

I said that there are sub-genres of metal that are closely related to classical.

I cleaned up the schiit in my post.

Whoa, why the completely uncalled for shot at metal? Musically empty?! 'Cmon man, as a lover of classical you should know that sub-genres of metal are the closest you'll get to classical in modern music. And I'll take a well recorded/produced and dynamic metal album over a Schiitty one any day...

My wife's not actually a sloth, but she sure as hell reminds me of one. And really, aren't all wives hell-spawn monsters in their own ways?

It's funny because I haven't been around here since back when "He who shan't be named" caused a right shitstorm on HeadFi, but I recognize all the names you listed (well Ethan's a no-brainer) and probably for good reason. That is actually my wife. I don't know what she's doing on another man's...

The venue was an accoustical nightmare, and my bandmates happened to prefer wedges, so I sacrificed my hearing for the performance that night. But that was the only time I ever saw real world use of distortion free loudness, and it was an extreme situation.

My bad, 120 dB SPL @ 1 mW.

I'm sorry if it rubs people the wrong way when I over-simplify. I do so purposely because I don't think the mystique that surrounds audio tech serves the consumers. I understood you perfectly. I've used inears at ridiculous volumes on stage. It's probably insufficient to try and compare the...

So far we've heard that more drivers ~ louder (to me that would be the chief reason why it could be part of the evaluation process) and more customizable FR. Do you have anything to add?

You tell me. That was one of the questions I hoped to see answered when I posted this thread.