@frogman
I am surprised you could be bothered with the experiment.
I am moving house and have been clearing out old gear. I have a Denon 103D purchased new hardly used. I was going to move it on but thought I should check it was all ok before selling. I got a hell of a shock as to how good it sounded. Too good to sell. I'm still listening to it 3 weeks later.
I think we forget how far our systems evolve over time when we are pushing the envelope.