@hide45- you are da man! If most of you knew reviewers, you may have a different opinion on what they say about gear. And most people only know from their experience. Now others know what makes something sound the way it does. For example, most people do not know what effect a transformer does to the sound. I was at a recent dealer demonstrating an amplifier, he knew exactly that the transformers used was producing the sound compared to other amps he was selling. He knew why that amp was sounding better and in what areas the parts used were impacting the sound. OCD may have some of that experience, I am not sure what his experience is. Some of what he says is true in the industry.
But to each his own and as long as you are happy and listening to more music, then that is all that matters.