Back during my uni days, I am always fascinated with Hifi. But of course being a scholar, it was almost impossible for me to own a great setup for my Hifi. Towards the end of my uni days, I only managed to acquire an amplifier and speaker. It was a great setup, but it wasn’t fantastic.
Decades on, I still listen to music but they earphones and headphones. Recently, I was reading up on audiophiles and it seems to be a trend to be using headphones and IEM(in ear monitors) to listen. It’s more of a “desktop” setup.
In era of digital music, MP3 and all rule the world. I guess we need to work with this trend to be able to listen to good quality music. The setup is a lot simpler now. A nice ear set(IEM) and a desktop DAC based amp.
I am thinking of getting myself a Shure 535. Great review all over. Good quality monitor is the key. Next step is to get a good desktop amp and I am ready to go!
Not forgetting, source is also important. FLACs and WAVs files will ensure uncompressed files that is great for music. Hehe