Today I finally got my new headphones, the Sony XM4s, and how perfect it is to write about how technology affected my relationship with music. I bought my first MP3 when I was a sophomore in highschool, a refurbished Sandisk mp3 player. Soon after I purchased my first earphones, Sony earbuds that had these large, colorful earclips. Those were popular in my school because they didn’t fall off that easily, and had expressive bright colors. Smartphones started to enter the scene during my senior year, but back then cheaper smartphones didn’t have much storage, and data was more expensive, so I sticked to the mp3.

It wasn’t until freshman year in college that a friend of mine bought a pair of flagship bose active noise cancelling headphones(this was 10 years ago, I took a long break after freshman year of college). I still remember how the same songs I listened to on the regular ear buds sounded like a different song on the big headphones. There were sounds and details that I never noticed was there, it sounded so good I felt like tearing up listening to it.

fast forward to this afternoon, after watching a dozen of youtube reviews, I finally purchased and received my Sony ANC XM4 headphones. The different between these and my previous headphones(also Sony ANCs) wasn’t as big, but it did remind me of the first time I put on a pair of serious headphones. I am extremely grateful of the technological advanced over the years, and I look forward to where it’ll take us in the future.

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