Gromit
Plasticine Dog
Anyone here run a system where headphones are the only (or even main) method of listening to music? Reason I'm asking is this:
We had a music room built onto the rear of our house a few years ago - it's been a great place for the piano to go in, and where I do all my music teaching. However, the living room where my hifi resides is un-used 99% of the time as we have a large 'family room' which is an open-plan area of sitting/dining room and kitchen. As the living room is so under-utilised, I'm giving serious thought to owning a grand piano. Always wanted one, and it would fit very nicely in the living room - which would then become the main music room. The 'old' music (piano) room would become an office/study where I can do music score prep and a man-cave to listen to music via headphones - with all the stuff that'd be going in there's insufficient space for a speaker-based hifi rig.
The upside is that it gives me the opportunity (and excuse!) to splash on some really good headphones. A good friend has a Stax headphone rig which sounds incredible, for example.
We had a music room built onto the rear of our house a few years ago - it's been a great place for the piano to go in, and where I do all my music teaching. However, the living room where my hifi resides is un-used 99% of the time as we have a large 'family room' which is an open-plan area of sitting/dining room and kitchen. As the living room is so under-utilised, I'm giving serious thought to owning a grand piano. Always wanted one, and it would fit very nicely in the living room - which would then become the main music room. The 'old' music (piano) room would become an office/study where I can do music score prep and a man-cave to listen to music via headphones - with all the stuff that'd be going in there's insufficient space for a speaker-based hifi rig.
The upside is that it gives me the opportunity (and excuse!) to splash on some really good headphones. A good friend has a Stax headphone rig which sounds incredible, for example.