Audio is Alchemy...it all depends on so many factors; the equipment, room, speakers, local power quality, relative humidity, emotional state etc... Best advice is to try before you buy and keep both the emotional and technical bias out of your decision making. If you achieve your audio goal then enjoy! No need to adhere to someone else’s biased ideas of great audio. Trust yourself and use only a few favorite recordings to finalize your decisions. If you find yourself putting on more and more music just to hear how great it will sound on your rig, then you’ve probably nailed it.