I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go?


I have my system sounding pretty good now with a wide sound stage and good depth and imaging. I hear faint details that I have never heard in songs before. It took me three amps, two CD players, two sets of speakers and room treatments to get where I am. But the rabbit hole being what it is....I can't help but wonder....do I have the best it can be? I've been to brick and mortar, high end audio stores, but they don't really have listening rooms. Do any of you know of a place that has a good selection in stock that also has a good listening room to try them out? I would like to hear what is considered "the best". I would like a yard stick to use to determine if I'm getting everything out of the recordings that I can get. Even if it is thousands of dollars outside of my budget, I would like to know what I'm chasing.
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When the guy replied $1 MILLION he replied that's not too bad.
Got to be Fremer!
Definitive Audio in Seattle, when I was in there last year, had a system of flagship Audio Technica, D'Agostino, Wilson and I forget what else. Only remembered long enough to look them up and add them up and realize that was a $1.3M system. 

Grusin, Time Out, and it was certainly dynamic and detailed and I came away more impressed than ever.... with how good a job I did, to have a much more engaging system for having spent less than the sales tax on theirs.
millercarbon

Interesting, I never have the chance to listen to this kind of very costly audio system in my life....I am sure that it will sound musical with  tweaks tough.... :)

And I trust your words for your feeling about your own job...Because I feel the same...


My best regards...
I have a gut feeling those guys are not the tweaking kind. Most likely they are from the “only good solid engineering” school of thought.

”We don’t do tweaks here.” 🧐
A safe bet I think.... :)


They want to create and finance their own research in engeneering that is legitimate...But we want the best sound for the less money possible...And after taking care of the embeddings who want to pay for more? Not me.... Upgrade seems ridiculous when we enjoy our music already....I dont want the best system in the world. I cannot afford it; I want the best system for the less money, I created it... :)