Trust your ears and not the hype. That said, I was on a plane once and got talking to the guy next to me. He was the bass player for the David Nelson band. He lived in Hawaii and a neighbor was Willie Nelson. I don't believe it was Pete Sears though, no cockney in his speech. I believe it was like 2005 or so?
We talked music most of the flight. I asked him what sort of system he had at home? He wasn't too sure but was thinking it was just a little thing from Sony or something. Here is a guy that has made his living from music and didn't care 2 hoots about what he was listening on. He said that the music is either great, or it isn't. When we got off the plane, he introduced me to David Nelson. They were playing in Dayton, OH.