Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)

Very true.... Thanks for your post...

I will only add that it is even more true if we embed rightfully in their mechanical,electrical and acoustical working dimensions the relatively low price synergetical system we bought or any system at any price anyway...

More than in the past , performance quality had almost no linear relation with price...

It is why i distinguish myself only two levels with relative variation between them : minimal and maximal acoustic satisfaction thresholds...

In many ways, and despite the loss of so many traditional brick-and-mortar audio shops, these are the best of times in this hobby. There are enormous choices of product from manufacturers who bring exceptional value for money. Having started out when vinyl was the main medium in recorded music and tape for duplication there were popular mass market brands and the stuff sold at the high end shops (I couldn’t afford nor would have wanted R2R as a poor university student, being quite happy enough to have a low powered Technics receiver, a turntable and a pair of "bookshelf" speakers.) Now exceptional performance doesn’t require an exceptional spend.

I have three low-cost systems in various rooms and a "main" one in my living room.

I think I can safely say that the low-cost systems sound remarkably good for the price - better than anything I had when I was in college (late 1970s) and in the 1980s. And hey, I enjoyed those 1970s and 1980s systems just fine.

Modern speakers - at all price points - have made sonic strides. Modern electronics and manufacturing techniques have brought down the cost of entry systems.

Now, if we could only interest Gen Z in audio and get a sizeable population on the path to being audiophiles and supporting the manufacturers.

The downsizing of mind all around will not result in a growing  interest  by older people or young adult to higher forms of meanings through music...

Music is like maths in a way, generally we must learn it young to enjoy it deeply...Under 14 years old... There is exception as i begun to love maths at 19 when i quit all bad maths teachers......😊 Maths is more like poetry than accountability ...

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I think you are right for the availability of better design at lower cost...

This is why my thread make sense...

Add to this fact the necessary better acoustics understanding nowadays and other mechanical and electrical noise floor improvement, audiophile experience can be cheap costs...

But we must pay the price now in study time and experiments...

A good audiophile system is not free nor plug and play even today...

I have three low-cost systems in various rooms and a "main" one in my living room.

I think I can safely say that the low-cost systems sound remarkably good for the price - better than anything I had when I was in college (late 1970s) and in the 1980s. And hey, I enjoyed those 1970s and 1980s systems just fine.

Modern speakers - at all price points - have made sonic strides. Modern electronics and manufacturing techniques have brought down the cost of entry systems.

Now, if we could only interest Gen Z in audio and get a sizeable population on the path to being audiophiles and supporting the manufacturers

Well, the same set of quality speakers will basically sound the same regardless of amp, cables, power cords, etc. So it's not surprising.