Beautiful Libraries

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the most aesthetically pleasing libraries in the UK aren't in London, and there aren't any libraries that are suitable for thrilling research in my fields. The LSE and the SSEES (at UCL) have great collections, but are hard to work in. The BL is useful, but does have a poor range and awful usability, and is faux-business. Anyway, Tyler Cowen links to a Compendium of Beautiful Libraries. It's just a shame that functionality and grandeur never seem to come and in hand. Except for here:

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[rob]

What's the name of these headphones? and do they sound good?

http://thefilter.blogs.com/photos/riga_2005/headphones.html

-rob