Headphones On

I bought full on audiophile nerdphones this weekend. I'd been eying these nerdphones for months, trying them on and marveling at their lightness at every retail outlet I came across. When I was getting on a northbound Metra train to the Chicago north shore on Sunday afternoon I looked down and noticed that my previous headphones had broken. The cracked off ear piece could be temporarily fixed with crazy glue, but that certainly wasn't a long term option. Finally... I could fork over copious amounts of cash for full on heavenly headphones without being *as* ridiculous as if I had perfectly functioning sound.

Within hours I found myself at an electronics shop... staring down at my dreamphones. One swipe of my debit card and they were MINE. MINE MINE MINE. I've been spending every possible minute alone with them adhered to my head and I have come to the conclusion this was the BEST MUSIC PURCHASE EVER. I spend about 90-95% of my music listening time with headphones on my head. It was simply ridiculous in the first place to have purchased mediocrephones. Music is my happiness so why deny myself the full sonic gamut that my favorite artists were recording their music in?

Now the sound I hear is crystal clear... silent pauses are actually silent (no tinniness or hiss). The harmonies my musical soul revels in are now completely surrounding and overwhelming. The sound is clean, pure... and perfect. Over the past few days there has been more than one occasion at which I've actually found myself pleasantly dizzy from the sound buzzing between my ears (hello Pizzicato Five is that the effect you were actually going for?!?). While the headphones are not technically noise-reducing... the earphones are large enough to cover my ears completely nearly creating that affect anyway. I laid on my best friend's couch on Sunday evening to take a quick nap deciding to pop on my favorite Kid Loco record and sat in stunned silence for an hour. Was this the same record I have been listening to for years? The subtle patterns he wove in and out of the my headphones was an entirely fresh and overwhelming feeling. It was a good thing I was laying down or I was in serious danger of falling over.

At the moment I am in love with sound. The now majestic consciousness of records I have heard a million times is mind-blowing. They may be big and nerdy headphones... but "It is so choice. if you have the means, I highly recommend picking [them] up."