Looks like this thread has degenerated into a few people flinging invective at each other, as many threads tend to do. Pity because there are some interesting takes on interesting issues buried within.
I posted my main system, but I think that such a requirement is unnecessary. Ultimately we aren’t able to covey what our systems, no matter how costly they may get, actually sound like in a given room. Even if we were able to post audio files here, the sound would be changed by the limitations of the site and the play back equipment of the user
. Why stress out the members who are having technical issues? I literally spend hours a day having to deal with IT issues. These “Labor Saving Digital Technologies “ have created more work in my world because of all the security issues, than effort that have spared before they were so prevalent. People come here to relax, not be further tortured by IT issues