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Thanks for your interesting Story...

My story is different...

It was me who bought with my hard working  money at 13, books, vinyl, and the stereo system...

My parents were very poor & uneducated...( we live with no bathroom a long time) 

I learned to listen choral music at radio very young almost a baby  at noon each day...

Then in 1964 i was unaffected for the next decade by almost all popular music...( i love Dylan or Hendrix for exemple but never bought any pop albums save Dylan one because i like poetry as much as choral singing ) 

I was talented for writing and reading but not for playing music...

I compensated by listening...

Because all my money went  to books... I owned a very big personal amount of books i did not invested in audio save for few albums (around 100) and a very good Tannoy dual gold set but i never learned how to optimize it the 40 years i owned it alas! Then i never really hear what i owned... I know it now...

I learned acoustics only after retirement...

I am now happy with my optimized system...low cost optimized speakers for casual listening but top high end AKG  hybrid K340 optimized headphone driven by a NOS dac and my Sansui Alpha  headphone out.. The K340 is a marvel of engineering and the only headphone i bought (12 different headphones) i dont dislike ( because of the sound in the head and artificial timbre rendering )  but i love the K340 natural timbre experience, out of the head sound... It takes me 6 months reading Dr. Gorike patent to optimize it...

Yesterday listening Tallis choral i was in ecstasy... the voices were like flames dancing in from of my eyes in my room...

With this headphone i cannot close my eyes... I need to see the sound in my room ...

@mahgister 

Because my wife is still asleep, I am listening to Michael Tilson Thomas's version of Mahler's 6th which needs to be played loud in my opinion. I am listening on Senheisser HD 800 S. I first bought the HD 600 but they felt too closed in, sound wise. The 800s are open, a drawback because they have open backs and anybody nearby can hear them. For the price I was willing to pay, they seemed the best. Anyway, I'm enjoying Mahler's sixth a lot on them.

I dont doubt that they are interesting headphone...

 I wish i could compare them ...

I like Mahler...

Especially his lieds...

Mahler fifth is my first Mahler listening and my favorite one till this day : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YyqTMZB2FE

Mahler's Fifth might be his most popular. I was lucky enough to have heard it live this year with Dudamel conducting. I also like Mahler's First Symphony. It is his most accessable. 

I am now listening to an album of Caesar Franck's most popular music. I'd like to get to know more about him.