Originally Posted by tim0chen
Don't really want to clutter the forum with a new post for this - any A5 owners care to comment? Please!!
Headphones and speakers are two different animals. SQ-wise headphones generally offer more bang-for-the-buck, but it should really come down to what you prefer. You could have your speakers for general listening and get a nice headphone set up for reference listening or night time listening. But you can't really compare a headphone setup and a speaker setup because they just won't ever sound alike. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I put a lot of money into a nice headphone setup, but found that I preferred listening to my cheap speakers. So I decided that my money was better spent with speakers. To me, it's more about what I will use more often to listen to music rather than how it sounds, although I definitely like it to sound good. I'm getting a nice pair of speakers for home use, I just bought a pair of A2's for my computer, and I have a pair of UE-10 earphones for portable use.