Peer pressure can be an onerous thing to deal with. Learn to trust your ears. Seek out advice on what you’re unfamiliar with as to system/gear matching to avoid failure but not, ultimately, for listening pleasure. Keep separate the wheat from the chaff.
And even when auditioning, bear in mind that it will not end up sounding the same in your system when you get it home. By now you should be familiar with your system so be aware of that.
And finally, welcome advice but steer clear of someone else’s approval. Those that seek to impose themselves as the final arbiters of what is best for you are to be avoided. There’s something wrong with them.
All the best,
Nonoise