How competitive are you with your system?

Certainly comparison doesn't have to be competitive in the sense one is ranking their system against others, but I'd have never developed a reference for how I wanted my system to sound if I hadn't heard 'reference' systems. From this I desired to achieve this 'reference' sound in my own system. Question then becomes, can desire be completely devoid of competitiveness? I could also use the work ambition in place of desire. I find it odd so many resistant to the idea of competitiveness in audio, since when did ambition become a negative with no redeeming qualities?

Matthew,

Have you tried Parcheesi?

Not yet, but my system is so competitive that this afternoon it challenged me to a bench-press contest.

Matt, are you hearing voices in your head? Was your system turned on at the time?

My system was down all day and I asked "what’s wrong?"

"I am the worst,  even a soundbar can beat me" it said. "I wish we were more competitive" 

My system challenges me to a fight every time i turn it on.