[Nepenthe]

I'm a little drunk. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron, an exquisitely tasteful 24 proof ale, if you must know. Unbelievable "beer."
 
Anyway, the best music I ever heard, by a light year (that's a very very long distance for you neophytes), was when I had ESS AMT-1 speakers in my bedroom and smoked quite a bit of marijuana with my buddy. Granted, I was only 16 or 17 or 18, but music has never ever sounded as three dimensional, affecting, or rich as those times.
 
To make this very very simple, I have eternally looked for headphones that bring me close to that sound. This search has not been for nought: my current SRH840s+CD5001+Cute Beyond are incredible... but the search remains.
 
I'm interested in all comments. I LOVE my current setup -- on December 24th when I had to be into work for 8 hours I thought it sounded *magical* -- yet it still will probably always lack that inimitable quality that I *used* to hear. But I wonder, how much is the technical quality, and how much is the pot?
 
So I ask: has anyone ever re-found that quality in headphones? I'm not going to say it's impossible. I'm merely going to say it's a little improbable. But if moving from dynamics to stats is essentially the equivalent, then BOOOM my money is spent. Opinions solicited.
 
What do you think?

 

[11amaberry]

It was the grass dood...

 

[Nepenthe]

damn...

 

[sanakaku]

Cute setup for a binaural feel.

 

[sugarkang]

You were high.
For the record, music will never sound better for the rest of your life.
Those teenage years determine a lot about you.
 
Think about how many 60 years olds still listen to the Beatles. 
It's as if no other music ever happened after that (for them).

 

[pp312]

I'm 64 and I listen to Vaughan Williams. Where does that leave me?
 
And I never smoked anything but tobacco in my whole life.
 

 

[sugarkang]

I don't even know what you're asking.
 
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I'm 64 and I listen to Vaughan Williams. Where does that leave me?
 
And I never smoked anything but tobacco in my whole life.