from one glen to another... I too use music to soothe my body pains, it works for me better than most other unconventional techniques. I've never liked headphones, too hot, too heavy, too much pressure, and they shut down my ability to hear what's going on around me. So I tried to improvise. I bought inexpensive stereo phones, very light in weight, and had only a little squeezing pressure on my ears. Then I removed the ear pieces (they were too enclosing over my ears), and found a decent sponge, cut two circles from the sponge for my ears, attached them with glue around the edges to where I removed the original pieces, and voila, it resulted in a very light weight and soft ear phones, without the tight squeeze of an expensive set. And I can hear what's going on around me (phone, doors, etc.) so I'm multi-tasking! Works great, I've had them for at least five years. Cheers, glenj