How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems?

The truly wise man never claimed to be wise at all ....
Old Uber saying.....

You got it backwards. A stupid man doesn’t claim he’s stupid. - Old audiophile axiom

There are 3 embedding grids  that determine the quality of the sound : first the audio grid interlinked components,second the electrical house grid, third the acoustic room grid... If you had taken care of these 3 you already have a good system, at any price, even if your system is cheap...My system is 1000 bucks all included, speakers,headphones,dac, amplifier and the sound quality is so good that I will not upgrade anything soon ...I am satisfied, first and foremost by all the tweaks I used in these 3 embeddings...

@geoffkait , the suspense is killing me, where was he?

He was in a little place called Nowheresville. It’s right down the road from Palookaville.