Like many people, if I'm thinking and designing I prefer to have no music. If I'm doing these things in a noisy environment I may listen to some rain recordings

Like many people, if I'm thinking and designing I prefer to have no music. If I'm doing these things in a noisy environment I may listen to some rain recordings such as [1]. When I'm coding I mainly listen to classical music. The problem is that I need to listen to things I know very well or I'll get distracted, so I end up listening to the same compositions over and over again, to the annoyment of my wife ;-) These days the compositions I list the most while coding are: - Beethoven String Quartets, for instance [2] (I really like the fugato at 5:00 ;-) - Mahler Symphonies, for example [3] - Ravel music - Some Monteverdi madrigals [4] I like to use headphones, either a Sennheiser PX 200 [5] or a Sennheiser HD-280 PRO [6]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRv-243Cmk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRv-243Cmk [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PIXCQgEfE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PIXCQgEfE [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoeH5BtLyQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoeH5BtLyQ [4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDyNzPUQbo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDyNzPUQbo [5] http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PX-200-II-Headphones/dp/B002VPDOHS http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PX-200-II-Headphones/dp/B00... [6] http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-280-Pro-Headphones/dp/B000065BPB http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-280-Pro-Headphones/dp/B0...