Hey Carl,
With my Christmas present (do you really think anyone else is going to) I bought some very expensive top-of-the-line headphones. I set my noise cancellation to allow all ambient noise except for my MAs. The music isn't as good, but oh excluding the MAs!!
So, I play classical in the AM and rock in the pm. Can you give me a list of good conductors, etc for good classical music without operas?