I've often taken the advice of those older and wiser than I. Usually the answers were in response to problems or issues I had, so I guess it would be different. Tom it's guys like you that push guys like me to the next level.
Would your system be different if ............?
Would your system be any different if nobody but you ever saw or heard it? Do you make concessions to others in your choices of audio gear? Possibly the WAF and the Friends AF? Or even Audiogon AF? What, if any, differences in your system would you make if it were totally anonymous to anyone but you?