I know, I do. (I was actually gone for 5-7 of those months after I got the ATH-M50s.) I'm afraid of this guy though, he seems to be such a stickler for Dr. Dre audio equipment. And, perhaps due to my long absence, I have no persuasive or non-offensive points to give him to make him reconsider and I've read perhaps hundreds of posts on here. He said he has a homemade studio "2 turntables, a mixer, a laptop and computer, an MPC 2500, and speakers" and "the speakers might not bring out the full potential so i might have to save up for these"
http://www.beatsbydre.com/products/Products.aspx?pid=B5772
He's interested in rap, hip-hop, instrumental music (Nujabes, anyone?); he frequents a thread in a forum we both "member" to - Official Hip-Hop/Rap Thread - where people share and discuss music and artists, getting to know the latest releases, and talks good -stuff- on the music industry. Definitely not a huge fan of superficiality. Top five favorite rap/hip-hop artists, if it helps:
1. Styles P
2. Nas
3. T.I
4. Jae Millz
5. Jadakiss
Identify whether or not his preference fits with the headphones, what qualities of the headphones fit well with his style, where and what other headphones could do better. Also, side opinions on the speaker? I know Dr. Dre makes good stuff for his genre \: