Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system?

Ideal system for a SMALL space is a headphone system ,
With a little careful buying you can get as good, or better, than the average
10K$ system for a thousand bucks .
And 95% of the population can adjust to "phones. After 3-4 weeks they seem normal .

There is always a pr of Sennheiser HD headphones and an Woo or Pangea headphone amp .
In my bedroom I have a pr of HD 650’s driven by a Pangea HD 201
which uses one 12AX7, using an Amprex Holland on mine ,
NAD 565BEE as source
All bought used except the Pagea , I have less than a grand in it and truth be told, it sounds so good it would be my only system were I a young man just starting out in Audio .
I would use the money I spent on my other system(s) to either buy a new
Mercedes 550 or make a nice donation To "Save the Children Fund " .

I never really liked " phones but I was surprised how quickly I adjusted to them when I actually spent time required to adjust !

Most of US is in a bubble on housing , an 100 grand a year job won't get you a house  in many places . Most houses in Twin Cities sell for over listed price, often Far over , and are financed by  the Bank of Mom & Dad .

courant, I l hear you, live in a condo as well .
My solution was to find a unit with a outside wall onto a 8 feet wide stairwell, and a 20 foot bedroom on the other side of my living room.
Floor is 3 feet of concrete as it is roof of underground parking. Haven’t heard anything from ceiling in 3 years so whatever it is OK.
No sweat to listen at normal volume at 3 AM . Took me over a year to find it .
.Oh, also put thick cork mat over inside of door .

Triangles are best for buck around , sound like real music .

But, as far as I can see they no longer have distributor  in USA .

+1 for headphones