...been at this for nearly 6 decades, starting with what was at hand for little and building what I could for speakers....
Overtime and over time, the selections improved....but any other than spouse to hear the changes became less of a event to share....still true, more pronounced of late, but 'tis what it 'tis....
I can't hear your gear....Some names change, some remain the same even if morphed into a larger organization, some improve, some become unheard ever again.
Specs got to the tipping point where the differences became subtle to the point of a sort of 'confidence in the system', the numbers don't seem to matter anymore.
Nuance becomes ALL....the cables, the details, the 'analog/digital divide' yawns and the SS+Tubes get tossed into the maw....happened with stage amps awhile back, did you notice....?
Awhile ago, I opted to switch to BFTB over COG....been happier since.
The 'puters have their 'gigs'....sources, monitors, programs of interest and use....Then the 'typ' TT's, cass decks, cd players of various flavours...
"CD or DVD? ...and all the digidomains as seen..." (...a pun too far...)
A matrix or 2 stirs the brew....
...and I haven't even got to the speakers, my take on the Wall of Sound.
All pairs 'cept subs., but a pair there is in the offing.
...and there's all the other including the Real Other, but some will know of what that is....but it's obvious I've got IT bad...
...just a different variety....
I've got the Poison....I've got the Remedy
...and it's not Over until I say it is... ;)
Play louder, the weekend pends, J