Is it possible to download the CD album onto your computer so that it is not compressed into LP2 or LP4 form, so that you can in effect make a proper recording onto your MD player that is same quality as if you connected a CD player directly to the optical input? Because whenever I put a CD onto...

Well guys in the end I've gone for Sennheiser MX400. I know they're open but they are for use at work in a not very loud enviroment. The reason I said I wanted closed was cos I didnt want everyone else to suffer all the sound leaking out into the office, but the Senns seem ok cos I dont listen...

Basically guys I dont mind what they look like. I just want a pair that dont kill my ears!

Well I do have a pair of Sennheisser 565 Ovations, but they're not much good with a portable cos they're big and the volume needs turned up more (but they do sound ace). Has anyone tried the £10 in ear Panasonics? I dont really want to buy Sony ones after the crap set they gave me with the...

Preferably cheap one, closed back cos dont want to disturb other people. The ones I got with the Sony MD are SHYTE!