Honestly Paul, they are wow and boring at the same time, sublime reproduction of the instruments & placement on the stage, huge bass and an image you can drive a bus through, truly Musical? not that I've heard.

After an hour or so it becomes plainly obvious that the system is speaking to you, not the music all beit in a great way.

Both staggeringly good and yet lacking too, some of the best systems I've listen too and appreciated  were in the £5-8K region. Does spending large sums guarantee you are great sound, only when implemented properly, and the majority of those are not (imho).

I don't think there are any written in stone rules either, I've heard £25K cdps sound grim and £2k ones sound stunning *in their perspective set ups*.

Same for speakers, the room being the most important issue. Which a great many forget. Hifi such a wholly mixed bag. Wm