How competitive are you with your system?

We have a saying in our house- “comparison is the thief of joy”. So I don’t compare and my kids don’t compare to other kids and their families. It works very well. 

@goodlistening64  Thanks for the nudge.  I’m not sure I’ve got the same passion for golfing anymore, but maybe I’ll give it another shot.  I’d have to dust off the clubs and see if my swing still works!

I've had the Lintons set up that way in my living room for a while. In my case, the missing piece was the right DAC—something I hadn’t been able to find until I finally settled on the Topping D90 III Discrete and the Harmony micro DAC.  It’s great to know you’ve also endorsed a similar setup. 

I enjoy music. Always have. Blessed to be able to indulge myself in some good stuff in my retirement. Wow! What fun! I have some upgrades in mind, but the end point is very close and I’m really not interested in impressing anyone else except myself. 
Cheers to all. Unfortunately we are a dying breed. 

Hard to frame it in those terms. Many variables. 

I've tried to whip some competitive interest from my gear, but I'd done it in jest and it was interpreted as a challenge to mess with my mind and patience....
Ground faults, 100db feedbacks, 24/7 test tone sweeps with the volume on mute....(speakers are all passives, so no reason to involve them.....like nuk'ng Switzerland for going 'Huh?'.....).....dialing down the ac from 110.....105....104.5...

Nope.
'Bout as competitive as roadkill....

I'm fine with the current stasis locally....Always room to improve, but that's not the 'end all be all' of it by my means or desires at this time.

Yes, there's the basic 'enjoyment', but 'serious' gets applied in contrast to my diy's in some respect or qualities....and one can only guess at what I'm up to...🤷‍♂️😏