Late Night Listening When Wife Wants Music OFF

Forget the headphones, get separate bedrooms. I guess we won't see the "Audiophiles make better lovers" bumper sticker any time soon.

Stax does (or at least did) make a closed version of the their earspeaker. It's probably shown on the website at Yamasinc.

I would secound Swampwalker with the ear canal type headphones. They work great and sound fantastic. Couple sites to look at are Headphone.com and Headfi.org. Headphone sells package deals and overall are great to work with. On headfi.com you will also find alot of DIY that make great stuff like portable amp etc.

Get a pair of Etymotic ER 4P's. I use these in bed next to my wife all the time...she can't hear a thing, and I hear only the music. I use my ER4P's with an iPod video, and the synergy is very good. I have experimented with using a portable amp, and even using my ER4P's from a high-end headphone amp (my SinglePower PPX3), and the sound from the ER4P's isn't improved that much. For me, they are different from other headphones in the sense that "lowly" amplification works just great for them.

The only way for your wife not to hear a thing is to use canalphones (Etymotic, Shure, Ultimate Ears).

Slight different angle: suggest her to use ear plugs to help lessen the "problem" plus your use of the recommended mentioned equipment. Could be better than the separate rooms options.....it's really up to your particular situation to choose the better solution.