mahgister, not doubting your claims re totality of listening experience, but surely you would agree that some components achieve better resolution than others, that some move more air than others, and that these differences are audible?Yes you are completely right....There is a difference between A Sansui Amplifier of the golden Era and many other amplifier not so well designed for example...
My point is ONLY that acoustic control and treatment, if they NEVER coud replace the NECESSITY for good designed produts by themselves, will anyway by themselves give you this 50 % of the S.Q. that NO GEAR could do by itself alone....( This % is a "metaphor" conveying my message not a measurable fact but this % mirror my own experience )
Acoustic is the queen and the working gear are the 7 little working dwarves...