It happened again tonight

Frank,

There have been so many times that I have suggested to audiophile friends that an audio system is a time machine. We can be transported back to our teen years in an instant, and have those artists we loved so much, perform right there in front of us.  

Yes, but it's a "time machine" also in a different way.
Spinning the Rush vinyl re-issues (stunning) on my high end systems transforms the experience beyond what it was even in my teens.  It brings the moment "alive" in a way it never quite was listening in my teens.  The scale, soundstaging, clarity, the sense of peering in to the real space, the dynamics and clarity of the musicians playing, it's closer to being transported to the live event itself, vs to my teenage memories of listening to the record.

Dunno who "Krissy" is from the OP, but I have regularly had transcendent experiences, both in terms of music and in terms of sound quality, from many of my systems over the years.

Most of us are here because we get this from our systems.

Never been a fan of PF The Wall, but I’ve always loved the track Welcome To The Machine. Very transporting!
(I was a Rush fan growing up and have been re-spinning my Rush records, loving ’em ta death!).

Frank,
That's wonderful stuff, thanks for the links!