[sharcnorris]

Your telling me your main listening is w/headphones. So I,ll address this angle.... There are several ways to inprove the Headphone experience. First the phones, ...while open foam phone can sound terrific, you can hear the outside world as well, Bose makes a closed cup NOISE-CANCELING type that I just love. turned on and with no sound sourse, they make the world QUIET. My wife claims she does'nt hear the plane when flying. They also reproduce full range sound very nicely, here's my angle for you, DOLBY LABS has added a new wrinkle in Headphoning. In 2005 receivers, a feature called DOLBY HEADPHONE has been added!! This allows you to Hear 5.1 surround IN YOUR HEADPHONES!!The improvement of Surround in any standard phones, It sounds great with Movies(dolby Digital) AND Music (Dolby Pro-Logic 2).... Or Build your own Music Room for just your self, private time. see what to consider in my next answer.