Once people experience a fantastic digital sound epiphany they never want to go back to the old ways of playing 128kbps MP3 tracks out of a crappy set of iPod headphones. There are a number of audio solutions that can transform your tired music collection to an orchestral haven.

Wired magazine have published an article listing these different solutions and explain why a good audio setup will change your perceptions of your music collection.

“For a number of years I’ve been on a mission to help the sonically sick and needy appreciate this fact. I’ll offer them some better-than average headphones — headphones comparitively ten times better than the ones you get with your iPod. “Wow,” they always say. “I never knew music could sound like this.” And in such demos, these headphones were never worth more than £40 or £50. You could say I’m like Mother Teresa, only with headphones instead of medicine, and Dream Theater instead of religion.”

Read the full article here.