How competitive are you with your system?

@toddalin You are spot on on your description of how audio recordings embedded in videos can be used to assess the sound quality of audio systems recorded from the listening position. You get it when most don’t. You understand exactly how to use the audio recordings as a tool.

By the way the $350K is just for the dCS Varese digital playback stack, that guy has sunk well over a million $USD into his room and stereo equipment.

As if my system isn't competing with me enough, my practically brand new computer just decided to pitch in.  I have spent the better part of this afternoon getting it to function without throwing up bogus popups telling me I took it to a malicious website.  I have been threatening it (my PC) and maybe that's why it is working popup free for the moment.

Not proud to admit it, but I think I’m competitive about acquiring sound that makes me happy for the lowest cost. 

@isellgoodgear Google carlos269 and mastering systems and you will see pictures of my SADIE DSD8 and Weiss BW-102 modular Harmonia Mundi Mastering Digital Audio Workstations (DAW), my Ed Meitner hand-built DSD ADC and DSD DAC units that Ed built for Sony for the development SACD and original SACD releases. you will see pictures of my Fairman (Denmark) mastering equipment and my 18-bit DASH archiving decks that Sony developed for archiving their recordings at the old Sony Classical Studios in New York, You will also see my mastering equip,ent that came directly from Sterling Sound mastering studios. Some of my mastering equipment has been used on platinum selling recordings.

Which brings me back to, if your system sounds so fabulous then why are you so afraid to share an audio recording of your system from the listening position that showcases how great your system sounds?

Not being a competitive person at all it's an easy answer. I know my system is good/very good; it's built to best value proposition. I have no intention of ever upgrading again unless something breaks.