Hifi not important to musicians?

Just read an interview with the cellist Stephen Isserlis, who in answer to the question "How do you mostly listen to music?" said:

"I find myself listening to recorded music most often through the tiny speakers of my clapped-out computer. The quality of recorded sound doesn’t really bother me that much; actually, I think that for many musicians, hifi is not that important – we can eke out the sounds in our heads."

As a non-musician myself, I was wondering how true this is. Any thoughts?

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Hifi not important to musicians?