How competitive are you with your system?

The ability to compare one system to another is not a level playing field. If for no other reason, in this hobby, the room matters more than anything else,and no two rooms are alike.

@mihorn 

i recorded a few songs but don’t know how to get them here. Can you message me on the procedure. Thank you 

Ron 

I don't---I only have 3 friends that are into Hifi, one of which only likes vintage. The other 2 have the same taste as I do and we've shared components before. My inspirations usually come from seeing others rigs on social media. I will occasionally post a pic of my stereo but otherwise I'm content.

The idea is to get the performers to come over to my place and do their thing.  Luckily, the room is big enough to accommodate them.

Again, this is an Oppo-95 though a Yamaha RX-Z9 RECEIVER in "Pure Direct" and my Mermans with no eq or room correction, electronic or physical, and recorded on a Nikon D750 DSLR. 

https://youtu.be/zSX0HLSauag

https://youtu.be/TykEDQDdtaE

This one is for Carlos269.  You certainly hear a difference in the quality of the original recording where here you hear the "digital grain".  (And I probably recorded it a bit "hot".)  These are the problems of having a really revealing system. (I could/should have flipped the "Tube Simulation" switch to remove much of that.  Vanessa was on an SACD.

https://youtu.be/RkBXXVcg-ZU