So, I’m cyber-exploring for a set of good headphones for the upcoming fishing season. I’m oft able to tolerate slack-action angling times through ear bombardments of heavy metal music and such. I ended up calling a fairly famed (and herein unnamed, see below) NYC company that prides itself on being home to upper-shelf acoustic equipment.

Getting a live salesperson, I explained my needs. I then, quirkily, suggested an exotic brand name, one I had heard tell of in some distant corner of the…