Huh?! The denial that these sonic nuances in the sounds of gear do exist becomes dogma and they are often not even willing to try or experiment to see (hear) for themselves. The danger in generalizations.Frogman I agree with you on all you have stated and I have learned the hard way to always keep an open mind, or, as my father would say, don't ever succumb to "tunnel vision" and be able to "think outside the box"
However keeping an open mind with expensive audio gear also means keeping an "OPEN WALLET!!"