What Is Most Important?

@theaudioamp , coulda, woulda, shoulda doesn't really give one an out on that.

As for what it has to do with audio, it was largely a jab at sergio, who hates Americans, is very sympathetic to Russia, and likes to crap on threads after he took a drubbing for his stance on an older thread that went sideways.

All the best,
Nonoise

I have no more issue with the average Russian than I do with the average Chinese person. They are victim of decades of abuse and propaganda from their own governments. In my travels, I have found that every day Russians and Chinese people are more like us than a lot of people from other countries. Russia as a monolith I have no sympathy for, but I think any person using common sense is the same. 

oh no - it's not like that at all ... for Sergio it makes no difference who is in front of him: an American, a Spaniard or a Russian - he looks at what kind of person he is! I traveled half the world (not as a tourist) - lived in different countries - I have the opportunity to compare ...
There is no hatred in me (except for scum and Nazis).
If I am condemned by a person who knows nothing about the essence of the issue, I will correct him ... but unfortunately in that thread there were many who understand the truth, but deliberately mislead the rest!
I try to be objective and write only when the material is well known to me.

 or are you, unlike me, going to take wire amplifiers and tonearms with you to eternity ??? - something tells me you won't succeed (((

At that point will I even care?  I'll just leave it to the next generation of audiophiles who hopefully will enjoy it as much as I did.

OP for me the most important is the enjoyment.  Whether it be the music, the technical aspect, or the friends I meet along the way.  Sometimes it brings me pleasure,  sometimes it brings me sorrow but I enjoy it all just the same.

If you're willing to look past the theology, religious leaders can be excellent teachers.

Like a church sign I came across a while back:

"A good friend stabs you in the front."  

Many parallels and contemporary references in one, simple sentence.