Young Brunette Girl With A Modern Hi-fi System

Another advantage of modularity is the ability to spend one's money on only a few core components at first and then later add additional components to one's system. Some of the disadvantages of this approach are increased cost, complexity, and space required for the components.
Modern equipment
Modern hi-fi equipment can include signal sources such as digital audio tape (DAT), digital audio broadcasting (DAB) or HD Radio tuners. Some modern hi-fi equipment can be digitally connected using fibre optic TOSLINK cables, universal serial bus (USB) ports (including one to play digital audio files), or Wi-Fi support.