An ANSWER....of sorts......

Gunga galunga.

The funny Llama (at the farm) told me if you believe it sounds better, it will sound better.

Most magic happened because of the room. The human ear prefers to be in certain types of spaces for music listening, to begin with, and they tend to be larger spaces.. But, in most cases, a dude who’ll easily spend 30k on cables (while he sits in his living room) is really scared of spending anything on construction (floating floor, wall isolation, etc) and treatments to mitigate the distortions created by the room. Effective treatments cost cash and stupid treatments look decorative.

When it comes to speakers, 30k cable guy will settle on a dinky lil bookshelf speaker. But, low WAF huge speakers are where it’s at typically at for magic to happen. He likes huge amps, huge cables (that breaks sockets off gear), huge DAC, etc...Everything needs to be huge, except that the speaker producing the sound fields always needs to be a tiny lil POS... and it’s ok if the room is the size of a closet.

@immatthewj not to worry. Everyone is.

@dr-boop ...Yeah, the funny Llama (Rama Llama Ding Dong, Esq.: Awed Oddness Specialist....) is right on with that absurdvation on 'being sound'....or was it 'being a sound being'....?

Things get complex when the air thins.....;) 😎

@deep_333 ....*L*....and said 'philes' residence is the small bungalow with the 400amp breaker box outside....🤦‍♂️....

Awhile ago, I 'deconstructed' a steel bldg, and moved it onto a former property; one item gleaned was a 'service disconnect' box with a spring-operated knife switch for 440 3-phase power.

'Delightful chunk', it was....gave a loud *CHUNK!* whether it was being dis- or engaged.....

Always thought it'd be 'cute' to have in a corner, but would only trigger a tiny lightbulb....nothing else.

A 'major overkill demo piece', just for the *grins*.
SAF made it DOA....good $'s on the recycle, tho'...

Hey, far be it from moi' to advise major hardware when the room where the wild audio go is the worst offense to the system at hand.... During a reno, I wired the 4 corners of the living space with lines for both speakers and signal....

...no 30K$ cables, just 12g. OFC and decent ICs', wall boxes with proper plates.  
Esoteric cables didn't really exist at the time....

To this day, I wonder if the later owner(s) have noticed their existence....labeled and everything....🤷‍♂️  But it was a subtle 'phile thing to do, as 'posed to a major project in a Vic bungalow in the 'Mission 'hood....

Banks and RE agents don't understand nor know how to hype such....anyways....

I'm happy to keep the fire marshall smiling and the sat service happy when the guy needs to tweak the dish or keep the DVR purring....

Actually had one tech look over what I did to lash this/that/the other together....Understood what I'd done, Liked It...and swapped out my 'jerry-rig' with the company cables and connectors....*!* AND, done up nice 'n sano....

Every now, then, and again....*S*