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I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go?

I have my system sounding pretty good now with a wide sound stage and good depth and imaging. I hear faint details that I have never heard in songs before. It took me three amps, two CD players, two sets of speakers and room treatments to get where I am. But the rabbit hole being what it is....I can't help but wonder....do I have the best it can be? I've been to brick and mortar, high end audio stores, but they don't really have listening rooms. Do any of you know of a place that has a good selection in stock that also has a good listening room to try them out? I would like to hear what is considered "the best". I would like a yard stick to use to determine if I'm getting everything out of the recordings that I can get. Even if it is thousands of dollars outside of my budget, I would like to know what I'm chasing.
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mahgister
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Moravec interpretation of Nocturnes is the best I ever listened to...Because his touch is perfectly balanced between expression and form...
His mastering of shade of colours makes him the top underestimated Pianist of the century...Then we can listen to these nocturnes thousand times without being bored... This is the difference between "more" engaged romantic interpretation... His interpretation is at the same time romantic and inspired by Bach...

All his other cd are masterpiece also.... I choose this one for the sound...
schubert
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Moravec was/is a superb pianist , perhaps the most neglected of his time .   IMO his Brahms was beyond words .
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mahgister
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I am very glad that we concur with one another.... Perhaps we are right ….I think also that this pianist produce a quality level interpretation on all his recordings without many rivals... I had listen to all his recordings with comparisons in all case.... His mastery of tone and colors shades make him so...Others may be sometimes more intensely expressive or virtuoso but very few can produce the same  subtle colors scales...  :)
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geoffkait
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I promise this won’t take long but getting back to the subject of the thread for just a moment I would like to try to express how much better the best system I ever heard, you know, the one that’s a couple Metro stops away, is compared to the next best system I ever heard. It’s like night and day. It’s light years ahead. It will make you think seriously about getting out of this hobby altogether and finding another hobby, maybe model trains 🚂 or macrame. 
glupson
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"...the one that’s a couple Metro stops away............... It’s light years ahead."
Those are some very long metro stops. What a commute it must be.
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