An introduction.

[obis]

Hey guys, I have always been interested in electronics and things such to do with music but i don't know what I would need for what I would like to accomplish. I am interested in listening to music in its highest quality possible but not to the extent that i would have to spend thousands of dollars and that's not to say that i wont be willing to spend a lot on this hobby, I just think that it would be worth it in the end. What would you guys recommend for being the best sound quality in terms of CD's/Vinyl? Also I was thinking that I will be listening to a lot of music on my PC and maybe from another dedicated source like a Dedicated Source, I think you guys would call it? I'm not really sure as I am new to all of this. What would be one of the first things you guys think that i should invest in? And what type of hardware? Should i invest in CD's? I would also like to tell you guys that I am planning on using nice headphones like the beyerdynamics T1 with my future setup, so just give me some feed back on what i should be looking into? 
 
Thanks for reading.

 

[Mauricio]

What's your budget?

 

[MorbidToaster]

Hey guys, I have always been interested in electronics and things such to do with music but i don't know what I would need for what I would like to accomplish. I am interested in listening to music in its highest quality possible but not to the extent that i would have to spend thousands of dollars and that's not to say that i wont be willing to spend a lot on this hobby, I just think that it would be worth it in the end. What would you guys recommend for being the best sound quality in terms of CD's/Vinyl? Also I was thinking that I will be listening to a lot of music on my PC and maybe from another dedicated source like a Dedicated Source, I think you guys would call it? I'm not really sure as I am new to all of this. What would be one of the first things you guys think that i should invest in? And what type of hardware? Should i invest in CD's? I would also like to tell you guys that I am planning on using nice headphones like the beyerdynamics T1 with my future setup, so just give me some feed back on what i should be looking into? 
 
Thanks for reading.

I'd still advise investing in CDs when possible. Hard copies are nice even if you rip them all and don't use physical media.

As for a place to start I'd recommend a Marantz SA8004. It will give you a great CD player, a USB DAC, an iPod transport, and it also includes Coax and Optical ins. The only thing it won't do is let you use another.analog source like a turntable. It does have a nice built in headphone out though. My LCD 2 sounded great out of just that.

I'd recommend it either way but mine happens to be for sale.