Whilst I would place myself in the "my hifi is for listening to my music collection" rather than "my music collection is for listening to my hifi" camp and I haven't changed any component, cable or plug in my system for 18 months - this is a Hi-Fi forum and Amir's thread was placed in the Hi-Fi section. He asked IMO an interesting question and is IME a mild mannered janitor. I find it difficult to see where Amir is going wrong.  I'd also add if Tones is more of a music lover why arent his posts exclusively or even mostly in the music section?