ROB: you say chumros don’t cut it for you. Let me ask you: are you machmir to only eat/drink cholov Yisrael? R’ Moshe said it’s muttar.
If R’ Moshe said it’s not allowed, is that not enough for you? R’ Moshe zt”l wasn’t just “any Rav”, and he said you shouldn’t listen to music during sefirah.