How competitive are you with your system?

@kennyc 

i admit my question about why people respond to this thread is somewhat specious.  But I still think a good many people compare their systems to others’.

Who told you masking the issue is a priority? 

@gano ...always, everywhere, and anything can be improved in some fashion....or with the major application of ca$h which can vary wildly in audio.
This variance is due imho to speaker selection v. the space the drivers are in v. the end listeners' ears that are wired to preferences that vary more than the means of presenting such...

Short of DNA transfers to specifics....no middle ground, just muddled mud. *L*

Your best will always be looked down upon by some, yet may be a level some still strive for.

It's been a long while since I've heard someone else's system....which does absolve me from having to be diplomatic in my comments....

toddalin   ~~ If I had this track, I would do a demo (dogs allowing of course).  But I don't and I don't stream.

I love to hear other systems. I downloaded Fink - Trouble's What You're In with free YT download app. You can do same. Fink is 21mb. Can I send this file to you in Agon?  Alex/Wavetouch audio

My computer is not connected to my stereo.  It has it's own monitor system.

I suppose that I could download a track to a drive and plug that into the dongle of my Oppo, but I've not set it up to do this.

Pick something else that is out there, preferably in SACD and if I have it, we'll give it a go.

On another note, I know that you are somewhat local and are welcome to come over and hear first hand.  I'm in the North Tustin area.  Only that way will you experience the soundstage, imaging, and microdetail that are possible at realistic levels that envelop one.

My recordings always come out bright because I sit back into the sofa and the camera stands proud so we don't quite hear the same thing.  And I use a Nikon D750 DSLR, because that's what I have and it does a decent job.