Jeff:

Thank you for the input however, based on my own experience, the headphones do not provide the same experience as conventional speakers do. The depth and width of sound stage is not the same. Also, there is no presence of bodily feel when using headphone and I don’t mean just the bass. Am I wrong on this?

As far as I know, good headphones are not cheap. Multiply that by the number of guests and it may become impractical. Plus, I know some ladies who’d rather not wear these bulky high quality headphones because it may mess up their hair or just don’t like to be seen with it on (appearance may be?).

As much as I want this hobby to be a shared experience, if there is more than one picky person in the room, someone will loose and not be happy about the visit. I was just wondering how other gunslingers deal with this issue.