It’s a fascinating pursuit- music is magical and putting together a system to get the best out of the resources I’m able and willing to spend is challenge enough.
I note, however, that for a decidedly uncompetitive group we frequently engage in heated, sometimes vicious discussions concerning tubes vs transistors, the effect of cables, switches, fuses, crystals, vinyl vs. streaming, the meaning of measurements, cheap vs expensive, and so on.
cognitive dissonance.