Speaking for myself, I have had a 50+ year career in the mines of audio retail, and have been an active hobbyist as well, but never wealthy, so my experiences are of little interest to the big spenders on this site. Furthermore my hearing is no longer laboratory grade, so my opinions about sound are no longer empirical. Add to that, my digital audio knowledge is rudimentary at best. So I comment where I have something to contribute, and that’s it.