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A person I would like to thank/mention in the history of the high end,
Dr. Edgar Choueiri ... Who else after the stereo system first  designer who i forgot the name ...  ?  
Help me spend $100,000 on a new system
It is impossible to build a high -end system for the average dude , as i was and as i am myself , in few months with ONLY and MERELY money, even a big amount of money ... Why ? First, the fun is in the learning curve which go slowly up ... The ... 
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
Then i believe you are of good faith ... We are in the same boat ... I dont buy anything very costly because i can be satisfied with acoustic basics and relatively low cost gear ...I listen to my music and i had invested more in them and in books... 
Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there?
It’s not getting old that scares me …it’s the friggin side effects!  We are all in the same boat ... No one end in the same way and sometimes as he wish not ... Fingers crossed ... 😉  
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 I did not know that from a credible source ...Now i believe it 😊 Thanks 70+ is the new 50. :-)  
Mastering legend Bernie Grundman explains why the measurement crowd has it all wrong!
Where did you read that i claim to be an expert ? I only submitted that objectivist and subjectivist quarrels are meaningless.. And are like twin enemy brothers focussed on gear with or without tools oblivious of acoustics ... Most people here pl... 
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
By the way because i dont buy any tweaks...then i do not sell anything and i had nothing to prove to you or to anybody ... Because i tuned my room/speakers relation in an incremental long process, if i never used DOUBLE blind test in an objective... 
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
We are not in the same business here ... Since you came here you seems to be in the business of debunking audiophiles , style James Randi; myself i am neither a subjectivist waiting to be debunk by you , nor an objectivist with scientism blinders... 
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
Live music cannot be equivalent to a recorded music piece... Because the recorded  playback system translate the recording trade-off process taken by  the sound engineer location of mics and types into the acoustic content and control of the liste... 
Many Questions Need Help
Stick to your budget first... Then because i am in the same situation, i suggest as i did myself to use small active speakers as another possible road... Mine are stunning but i modify them .. I paid them 100 bucks 12 years ago and i disliked the... 
Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there?
I am 2 months younger ...😉 My best to you and thanks for your always common sense thoughtful replies here ... I go 73 this year me too.......but not for 10 months.  
What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound?
It is when reading about Bybee 12 years ago that i decided to experiment with some minerals as shungite and quartz etc ... With success at my modest scale ...😊 I dont have money for costly tweaks but it does not means they dont work ...   Scien... 
Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there?
Nostalgia of old man ... I go 73 this year....😁  
Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?
Very well said ... Thanks... transparent is not enough for a solid state amplifier, musically complete, grain less and flowing are the challenges. these are relative things. not absolutes. however transparent does seem to satisfy many solid s... 
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
First i dont mention live music because at my age i had been  at some live events multiple times  ... And the sound of a real piano is familiar to me for my children memory because we had one  ... I used piano timbre and dynamic as a meter for tu...