I have for years, pursued matched, one-brand systems and seemingly can not be truly content with my two-channel rig otherwise, regardless of the performance or build quality of specific components. I sometimes think the whole process is, for me, more an exercise in obsessive behavior than a rational pursuit of a logical outcome.
Congratulations, for you are living the First Commandment of Audio: Know thyself.
I'm pretty much the opposite: all rational pursuit of a logical outcome. Aesthetics, ergonomics, image, reliability, etc all are there to be weighed on the blind scale of performance.
Long ago when shopping gear I got so tired of the routine. Having to tell you all about the company, technology, workmanship. Didn't take long to hear just how irrelevant these things are. Two of the best most expensive impressive build and brand names in all the audio world- Wilson and Mark Levinson- are also two things I have never heard sound good anywhere ever. So I don't care if it's held together with bailing wire and bubblegum. Just play the damn thing let me hear how it sounds.
In my system, which is freaking spectacular by the way, I have a Herron phono stage that when you take it apart and study is built like some kind of cross between a Swiss vault and a Grand Seiko Spring Drive. Also have Tekton speakers that look like really good DIY. But if I had to call it the speakers are probably the more impressive of the two- and the Herron is no slouch by any means.
Audiophile nervosa by the way is when you spend so much time analytically evaluating every little thing that after a while you're unable to shut it off, kick back, relax and enjoy the fruits of your labors. I did have that once, many years ago. Detected it, saw it for what it was, saw how it could ruin the whole thing, which is not what I want and so no more of that. Same logical process. It's just that simple.