How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems?

You got it backwards. A stupid man doesn’t claim he’s stupid. - Old audiophile axiom

There are 3 embedding grids  that determine the quality of the sound : first the audio grid interlinked components,second the electrical house grid, third the acoustic room grid... If you had taken care of these 3 you already have a good system, at any price, even if your system is cheap...My system is 1000 bucks all included, speakers,headphones,dac, amplifier and the sound quality is so good that I will not upgrade anything soon ...I am satisfied, first and foremost by all the tweaks I used in these 3 embeddings...

@geoffkait , the suspense is killing me, where was he?

He was in a little place called Nowheresville. It’s right down the road from Palookaville.

mahgister, you’re very close but you missed three embedding grids. One is the rf in the air. The second missing grid is vibration. The third missing grid is information fields. I bet you weren’t expecting that one!