Sony Music/Media Format Player Model: NW-A55
Headphone Model: JLAB Neon 40mm driver Over Ear Headphones(from Target/in store)

Album List:
Tool - Fear Inoculum: FLAC internet download (cd rip)
Tool - Aenima: FLAC cd rip Windows Media Player (Highest "Quality" Setting)
Tool - Lateralus: FLAC cd rip Windows Media Player (Highest "Quality" Setting)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

--> utilizing: freeac audio encoder utility for linux x86_64 for reencoding over original rip encoding

Album: Tool - Fear Inoculum, Tool - Aenima, Tool - Lateralus, A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
FLAC Mode Options: Custom settings - Joint Stereo <-- (enabled) , Adaptive Joint Stereo <-- (enabled)
                                                                 32768 bytes blocksize
                                                                 Window functions(s):
tukey(0.5);blackman;bartlett;hamming;kaiser_bessel;connes;welch;nuttall;hann;gauss(0.2)
                                                                 Maximum LPC Order: 32
                                                                 Quantized LPC precision: 15
                                                                 Exaustive Model Search: (unchecked)
                                                                 Optimize LPC quantization: (unchecked)
                                                                 Minimum partition order: 16
                                                                 Maximum partition order: 16

All Albums Signal Processing:
Signal Processing: 'Best SINC Interpolator' 192KHz Samplerate and 24-bit integer Sample width set for encoding


Post Processing:
 None


Player Settings:
 (experimental settings: on and off, to determine what is best for sound quality)

Note:
 My track list on my player now is set with all above mentioned albums all encoded with Joint Stereo and Adaptive Joint Stereo enabled so that i can determine good sound quality over having no stereo options enabled. so far so good, that sound quality is good in certain ways during listening to the albums without stereo the playing and listening allowed my ears to get used to particularly high intensity playing and my ears and stratium got really in the 'mode' for the stereo this time. my stratium muscles are really fine tuning over time especially with tool and a perfect circle. maynard and adam and danny and justin and billy howerdel do a great job at mastering their music for headphone use. the sound and the dynamics are amazing. i wonder why people dont mention this sort of thing with these 'certain' bands on the internet with all hail wonder they sound this viably well in which the headphone makes certain to play roles in the recording of the album so that the music have a feel not just a type of enjoyment. the FEEL of the music maynard and adam and billy make are just amazing. damn i love it!