A relaxed listen is what I usually prefer with headphones, iems or buds. If I want to energize myself with music I would rather just play the music thoughout the house with the Sonos system. I need to start doing that again. Been too obsessed with putting things in or on my ears.
Back in Michigan I primarily listened with speakers... Advent Heritage floor standers in the living room with auxially speakers in the kitchen (sacrificed two upper cabinets for those and ran cables thru the basement and up into those cabinets). Baby Advents in the basement rec room. Upstairs I had a decent "boombox." 5.1 system in the TV room.
I had one pair of headphones for late night listening usually in bed just before sleeping. My Sennheiser HD480. The one originally released... not the MK2 that you can still sometimes find. Back then it was all about discovering new music... not discovering new gear. Simpler times. Sometimes I miss that.
Sometimes I think I am chasing a sound I can't really remember. I only remember how the music made me feel. The A800 gives me that feeling. Of course I also have other things that also do that, which is why I will not be adding more headphones. Still a bit addicted to checking out the hype on new buds and iems though. Maybe I just like getting little packages in the mail