Ah well...each to their own  If you have heard Simon's system you are welcome to hear mine (I live just round the corner from him). To be fair my Epos speakers and Naim amps have been criticised in the past for much the same qualities as sq225917 describes - they just aren't that important (compared to some other atributes) to me.

If you have heard Simon's system you have almost certainly listened to CD through it and that brings a whole lot of different issues into the equation - you have to bear in mind though that I am a complete analogue devotee.