Spoiled myself in the early seventies with top gear, Mc275s, JBL 250s then professional school cut into it until early eighties, did it again then divorce and kids made it impractical. Got them through college and ’08 got in the way. Finally in 2014 things opened up and saw a rabbit hole. Actually saw that Jim Smith lived about 45 minutes away so picked his brain a few times at his home. Between his advice and a few others, (Almarg rest his soul), came up with a pretty good system, tube based with high efficiency speakers. Which is how I was introduced to noise in the electricity. Ended up with balanced power throughout, then a balanced audio signal throughout. I feel like I’ve been blessed by God every time I sit down to it. All in all we are a very foutunate group and good listening to all. Good thread