That sounds like a pleasant distraction lol
So what headphone set-up do you use in the office?
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if thatās at me, all I have had for ages were my Sennhesier HD4.40āsā¦but now I have the Koss KPH30iās and my NAD HP-50ās.
Iām currently waiting on my Blon B8ās and after more reviews come out on the Mono M570āsā¦Iāll likely buy the B20ās or the M570ās.
Generally I use my T60RPs or Tin T2s. And usually my SU-8 / Loxjie P20 or I use my Topping MX3. I say usually cause right now all of my gear is at home cause I needed to stage everything to take pictures for hartaudiocables.com >_< lol. But when things are normal Iāve got one of those combinations set up at my desk.
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Any further impressions on the NADs? And what amp/dac are you using if any?
well, Iāve gotten used to their feel over the HD4.40ās I was used to and I like them even more now. I had a few moments of discomfort when I put them onā¦but Iāve never suffered any pain of fatigue from wearing them like I did he 4.40ās. the clamp is just about perfectā¦they will slide bit if I move my head to the side or up n down too quickly.
I donāt find the bass to be too much, which surprised me as the Harman curve does emphasis it. treble was a bit too high for me at first, but now it doesnāt bother me.
ohā¦and they respond well to power. I have Spotify at 100% but my WIndows volume is usually set to around 20%. for movies, I do about 40% whereas before I usually hovered between 50 - 75%.
Iāll have to listen to some singing as most of my stuff has been instrumentalā¦cello / violin / piano, though yesterday I listened to Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones all day without any discomfort with the sax. I donāt generally like reed instruments, but no complaints.
I am thoroughly enjoying these!
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Being a programmer is no kind of guarantee that you will get to listen to music a lot. I barely use my office pair, firstly because programming requires focus on word meanings or producing new words (so I canāt really pay attention to the music, which would be an unacceptable way to listen), secondly because noisy open office, so I wouldnāt be able to listen properly even if I took the time for it on breaks or something.
So I basically restrict it to those rare times when I have something well-rehearsed to do that just requires some mechanical actions, and I stick to doing the first listen on music wishlist items to decide what seems not worth buying right away and what stays on the list for a more careful second listen in better conditions like at home or in a quiet park.
background sound is known to help with focus. and with your noisy environment, sounds like you want IEMās that have really good sound isolation or something with ANC that you put to a lower setting so you donāt cut yourself off from the environment around you, unless you want to.
IEMs are also not a proper way to listen. 
And ANC that cuts out speech at the level I need it cut out is ridiculously expensive. Iāll stick with my industrial-grade 3M earmuffs and reserve most of the music listening for when I can do it justice.