After a couple of years spent together, V and I kinda developed a shared love in music. Not any particular music. But audiophile quality music.

Back when we were poor students, our good pal JM started introducing us to really nice CDs. I grew to love them cos they were from the jazz genre and I  really enjoyed jazz music and felt relaxed while listening to it. Then he taught me about good quality sounding music. He had this habit of buying the CDs and not any ordinary CDs. If given a choice, he would choose those with better recordings. I couldn’t always understand why he rather spend that kind of money on CDs when MP3 were and still are the rage amongst music listeners.

One day, he asked me to try listening to the songs through a CD player to really enjoy the true music.

My first thoughts were: Crazy ah! It’s like one step backwards! Why use my discman when I have my cool Ipod! And really that much difference meh?

And so, I grudgingly dug out my discman and placed the disc in and after listening to the CD through the CD player. I was blown away.

The clarity was superb. I could hear every instrument and hear the different intonation of the singers’ voices. Suddenly, music wasn’t just someone just blahing away to some background sound. It had meaning. It had life!

But unfortunately, the discman isn’t exactly that portable and I could only listen to one CD at a time. So, I still depended alot on my Ipod, but I ripped the songs at a higher bitrate, hoping for that slightly better edge.

Fast forward to today: V and I are now working adults. With a little bit more spending power. And so, our lil’ indulgence in music has grown more serious. We have been doing quite a bit of CD shopping, much to my pocket’s dismay. But my ears are thanking me. Haha…

Not forgetting our investments on the hobby (okay, it’s more like V’s investment for me on my Westone W3 and my newly acquired speakers – thanks baby!) ; But yes, it’s all been worth it. Music never sounded so good. :)