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

"...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.

It will make you think seriously about getting out of this hobby altogether and finding another hobby, maybe model trains 🚂 or macrame.

It is like dreaming about the most beautiful woman in history and thinking I cannot loved her, she will not be mine, then i dont want to be in love with my girlfriend no more...

The problem is how to makes the audio system you already own a system able to reproduce piano real sound quality in an approximate manner so well made that you will be in heaven listening to it ?

Saying the King Saoud of Arabia own a better system than mine has no real sense, it is a fact lacking his proper context....Of course some system are better than mine...Even the King Saoud would be jealous of some other audiophile’s system....They are no point to boast about a system... The point is how to makes any system good and mine in particular ?

" The organ i was seeing makes mine uninteresting " -anonymus

"They are no point to boast about a system... The point is how to makes any system good?"

It is simple. Just boast about your own system.

I am in love with my system because i know some ways to makes any system likeable with the right method to embed it... :)

I boast about that not about my system "per se"... It is simple to crush my marvellous Sansui, simply buying a ZOTL Berning amplifier will do... :)

But I am a bit too serious now.... My salutations to you glupson...

@Baclagg, I highly suggest you take up @mikelavigne and @millercarbon gracious offers to hear their systems. On whatsbestforum.com, Mike’s system has garnered many complements from several forum members who have heard it. Just looking at @millercarbon system pics it’s obvious of the time, energy, and $resources were committed to this system is something extraordinary. Both have a wealth of information/experience garnered by years of building their systems. Frankly, the time and cost to visit them is a bargain/no-brainer compared to say buying a component, in fact it may save you time, $, and it also scratches your curiosity itch. In addition, I believe Mike’s system is SS while @millercarbon is tube – it may be valuable info on why they choose their different system building paths.

Other options tend to be hit and miss - visiting audio brick-n-mortar stores, joining an audio club to hear member systems, or going to an audio show.

Audio shows are often notorious for bad sounding systems caused by the rented undertreated rooms (ie: Magico S5mk2 sounded great at 2 shows, but flat at RMAF last year), but you do find some good/great sounding systems. Manufacturers often use them to showcase their latest products. You may even hear a system “sound” that you emotionally connect with so that you can subsequently steer your system towards. AXPONA is the largest North America audio show, but note it has been rescheduled from April 17-19 to August 7-9, 2020 out of concern for the health and safety of all participants due to the growing coronavirus situation. If you’ve never attended a large audio show I suggest you do so – I always greatly enjoy them.