is this just for philosophical fun? or is it just that you guys don't have a good sounding audio system? the never ending journey can end just there. Sell it and forget about it. Or maybe you can learn to separate the often more expensive but worthless commercial stuff from the real brain and hand manufactured audio gear, and start some serious joyful listening...
Sanity test before you start this hobby
Because i think we might all fail miserably. Some may get carted off 😁