Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

I agree with the emphasized most of all.

The concept that most "audiophiles" tend to ignore is the concept of diminishing returns in reference to audio reproduction. Most often, the very best everything they put into their systems is either hampered by reality, or misconstrued by placebo effect, if you will. "Better" is often a highly subjective term in that world, and I would use nothing more than an average consensus as evidence to suggest a listening medium upon which an average listener would find preferable.