I Had the owner of the top store in town come to my house a couple of weeks ago. I had reached a point where i had done all I could and thought it was very good sound. He was going to come and offer me suggestions on how to improve things. After checking my cartridge alignment, azimuth, vta etc, he had no adjustments to make and said, “you are hired.” Then we listened to music. He moved the speakers about ten times, till he returned them just where I originally had them. He was shocked by my high quality electricity (nothing else on the circuit). At the end, he said, “I wouldn’t change anything.”
The guy who sells me stuff. It was nice to get his confirmation that he was hearing the same thing I was.
So I am going to upgrade headphones and be done with my system for a long time. Just buy more vinyl. And a second listening chair. The end.