Ugh. I have been in a few temblors ranging from 4 and up. I was awakened once, and my bed was moving so much it was like it was liquefied. Every square inch of the surface was moving as if it was one big buttkicker. Say, isn't there a gum commercial with a guy on a floor full of woofers or something? It's like that.

Back to the new breed of headphones UE etc: as far as I am concerned, the days of lusting after stax lambdas or bulky over-the ear cans are gone for me. For years people decried the acoustic problems with a "shell" over the driver. Grado and senn. made "open" headphones (which were self defeating for me). This new breed or armature tech provides such a spacious, open high and accurate/tight low end that over-ear cans sound bloated by compare. My .02, adjusted to .17 for inflation.