2 channel vs headphones

I do. You can see my main system and headphone system under my USerID. I listen to them nearly equally... say an hour a day. 

For decades my headphone system was always so much less satisfying it was only a system of last resort. For about ten years I improved it at work in my office... I was able to have a tubed amp and separate components. I traded out many amps... trying to get the dynamics I believed my headphones were capable of delivering... I had about five flagship models... Sennheiser Focal, etc. 

Finally I invested in my third Woo headphone amp... the Woo WA5. All changed, the power, midrange and dynamics went up by a step function. Suddenly all the flagship headphones sounded more like each other and less different. All had what they needed to sound their best. While $6K for a headphone amp may seem ridiculous... it was worth every penny and makes my headphone system impress me every time I turn it on... like my main system. 

Yep.  Headphones are the office "speakers".  Speakers three feet away on a desk is a little too near-field for me.  Let headphones do what they do best (great "nearfield").

I have a great headphone in my office that is maybe the most 2-channel sounding phone, the RAAL SR1a earphone. I also have a 2-channel speaker that sounds to me like the incredible and expensive RAAL 1995 Immanis headphone. 

The Magnepan Mini is a great office speaker that I use BEHIND me about 3 feet away (so a headphone-like effect). The Mini being a Maggie you get a wall of sound with a lot of depth. The Mini also scales with the quality of gear you use with it. It is a cleaner sounding panel than the Magnepan LRS+.

At one time I had a CODA #16 amp and the imersiv D-1 DAC on this speaker. It was ridiculous how good that soiunded but it was also crazy to use $30k of gear on a $1k used speaker. I now use a $500 RME ADI-2 DAC and a $995 Class A Audio GenFet 6.5 amp. Not spectacular as before but I am very happy with this "headphone" setup.

Yep. The only way to go for early morning listening while wife is still asleep.

I mainly use headphones when others are sleeping in the the house or when traveling.

Not if I can help it.