And end game system is a system/room/ears which is balanced when we take into account all acoustics concepts and factors and parameters into account with none of them being too much or lacking...
All acoustics factors contribute anyway to any audiophile experience aspects...
What we call simply "imaging" in audiophile vocabulary is a way more complex set of factors added together than the simple word "imaging" can convey or could suggest...
These factors are mechanical factors , electrical factors and acoustical factors even psychoacoustical factors...
This is why "end game " system is not about the gear pieces separately and their price tags but it is related to the way we are able to put them together in an optimal way using basic knowledge or refined acoustics knowledge if we go for the best possible experience with a relatively low cost system as it is the case for most of us...
"High end" or audiophile experience as said very wisely mike lavigne is a way of thinking ...