If you lost your stereo system would you still ???

I would take that crap system and set it up just like a high end rig and squeeze every drop of sound out of it.

Even a garbage system set up and tweeked can still image.

Try it at a friends house if they'll let you.
I have, (but they always push the speakers back against the walls after we're done)

It's all about the music for me. I can enjoy $100 speakers an $10,000 speakers. Just give me the right music!

Back in the 70's, I was driving in my car listening to the AM jazz station. The DJ said: "Okay, jazz fans, get your cassette recorders ready because I'm going to play something really special for you now."

The something special turned out to be a recording of the great classical guitarist John Williams playing Rodrigo's Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra.

It was so beautiful that I pulled my car over, took out a pad and pen, wrote the performance down and headed for the nearest record store.

This is what I bought, and its still one of my favorite recordings of classical guitar in the entire collection. Highly recommended:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Greatest-Hits-The-Guitar-M-31407-Masterworks-LP-Vinyl-VG/1825...

Frank

Oregonpapa, Same thing happened to me regarding Horowitz!