@ redridinghood, welcome fellow female audiophile (in the making). I also learned a lot about music systems on forums (and am still learning). You are in for quite a ride, but remember, in the end your own ears will let you know what sound is right for you. Enjoy the journey!
My wife surprised me a couple weeks back. I was doing a 30-day in home audition of a new amplifier. I figured it best to keep her involved for WAF so I did a blind A/B test with her. I played selections from my standard CD Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here," then I played the same from the newer remastered Experience Edition. I asked her which do you like better and she chose the remaster every time no matter how I changed the play order. Then I played Rush Moving pictures FLAC 44.1/16 and compared it to FLAC 96/24 and she chose the 96/24 file (I'm still not sure if the 96/24 sounded better due the oversampling or being remastered but, that is for another thread later). Anyhow there we have it, a recently discovered female audiophile.
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