What adds the most value to your HiFi experience is how much you enjoy yourself.
If the end goal is great sound, that can be found on a small radio if one is listening intently. The brain can fill in so much.
I get it... we want to be bathed in sound. I feel the same way. But if one cannot allow oneself to let go and enjoy the music in however it presents itself, then no matter the system it will always ring hollow.
With love, a fellow audio yeti.