Solitary listener

Tough crowd RV.......

yep, and i’m not gonna fan the flames!

Agreed!
There is so much that could be said but none of it would be audio related or help this thread in any way , shape or form so i will zip it... lol.

As far as the solitary listening, that has been something I am very used to as the wife has zero interest in sharing even if I played "her" music.
So I get all excited over improved sound mostly for my own satisfaction.

I do have one good friend in the locality and we do share listening experiences based on changes so that is actually a very nice event.

In fact I am due to go over and listen to his new music server hopefully later today. 

I had a friend over yesterday for a great listening session. He flew in from Chicago over 10 days ago.We could have done it sooner but we both wanted to be safe as we were sitting in side by side chairs.
I agree with some of the responders that even in the best of times it is tough to get people to sit down and listen to a good system including my wife. Treasure the Audiophile buddies that you have as we may end up on an endangered species list unless more people get into this wonderful but crazy hobby.

i absolutely needed my friend to listen to a new component and my speaker repositioning before committing to purchase. And he did following very strict prevention protocol. I felt crazy that I could not hold a cd he offered me without sanitizing it.  And I felt mighty relieved his opinion on the new sound confirmed mine.   Now I need to reciprocate as he also needs my ears test his system.