New equipment

My personal experience is that if I find myself listening to the equipment instead of the music when I get a new component, it isn't the right component.

@pesky_wabbit

Well put. Perfectly on the mark.

@pesky_wabbit Hard to imagine that being said any better.

@pesky_wabbit 

Agreed. I used to be a big detail freak but after getting my Technics set up, the details have taken a back seat to the performance. They're still there but don't draw anyway near the attention they used to. 

All the best,
Nonoise

I dunno - things that I am hearing in the music for the first time with better gear always improves the experience of the music for me; the artists and the producers put this stuff in there for a reason, and from my experience, I can hear why....