How my system compares to others could not be more irrelevant. I've been in the live music biz forever (or at least since the 60s), and an audio geek for as long, so I know how to get my system sounding to my tastes...everybody does that, possibly to varying degrees of success. I don't schlep other systems into my listening space like a reviewer, and neither do most others. There are cult like adherents to room conditioning, floating cables, magic fuses, etc., none of whom make much sense to me, and I'm perfectly happy with that. Since most of my friends aren't audio geeks their attention span when I try to show them some new item often peaks in 3 seconds. This is a solitary hobby for me, my wife likes the way things sound, and I change things in my system when I feel like it.
How competitive are you with your system?
Do you try to rank your system with others’?
Or are you content with enjoying your rig for what it is?