Since there's so much depressing stuff going on right now I thought it might be fun for everyone to sperg about audio for awhile. I'm very much in the market for upgrading my audio at some point, I don't know if it would be worth doing a speaker setup of some kind.
You might find this funny but I'm having to remember that yes I am living on my own now and I can do stupid shit like this. My only issue of course is that I often tend to game and relax at night, so it would probably pay off more to get some kind of really good quality wireless headphones.
I have a decent pair now, but they're cheapos and they often break because they're made from the crappiest plastic ever. At some point I want to get myself something nice and long lasting to have that premium sound experience. I wouldn't mind doing some gaming and such or testing my own audio on a speaker system too.
I'm veering towards maybe Logitech and Sennheiser brands generally.
Can recommend Sennheiser headphones in general - the $150~300 range is a good spot on the price/performance curve for wired (add like $30-50 for the convenience of wireless w/ same sound quality)
I got a hell of a lot of mileage out of a Logitech Z623. Outstanding performance for the price during lean times. Probably got like four thousand good listening hours out of them before the tweeters and sub were noticeably washed out. I'd consider getting another set just to hear how they sound right out of the box at that phenomenal price.
When I was able to finally blow a fat wad on something fairly nice, I went with a pair of Yamaha HS8s and the matching HSB, paired with a Schiit Jotunheim Mk.I with their DAC (which, I hear their DACs aren't actually that great, but this one's been serviceable for my taste).
Edit: My general advice for anyone is to just stay away from wasting $$ on consoomer branding a la Bose or Apple or Beats by De®p, etc...