What Makes your System Special?

One ring to bind them.
One ring to blind them.
One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingy

...or just dingy...just plain dingy...

(*rib poke*  Someone's' gotta do it...;) *g*)

ghdprentice agreed, I have never been 1 for measurements or listening to the hifi for me it's always been about the music, do I lose my self in it, what is my emotional response, do I get frisson aplenty and does it make me want to keep listening.

Great post! Hard to pick one thing, especially as my second go round journey (had to sell off my original system 20 years ago after divorce) has evolved so much especially only recently. My temptation is to say either my Dynaudio's or my Bifrost 2, or my Simaudio Titan...They would be the obvious, easy choices. But right now I'd have to say my Brennan B2 as crazy as that may sound. It has given me a way to not only listen to all of my cd's again (something I haven't really been able to do for 20 years) I am now buying and expanding my collection. Even my old cd carousel back in the day did not have the capacity or convenience even close to the B2...

It sounds like someone is playing a freakin’ banjo in my living room.

Or porch? https://youtu.be/NFutge4xn3w?t=45

Nice topic, mapman!

For me, it is that my hodge podge of components, wires and speakers all work together synergistically to make music I love listening to, even when the source material is not up to audiophile standards.  I have heard many systems, at shows, stores, and homes, and the only time I have any envy is on rare systems that cost multiples of what I have spent on mine over the years.  

@hilde45... I have 6 foot ceilings in my man cave, and although it's hardly ideal, I have done only a little work on the room acoustics.  I think my quasi omni speakers have helped in this regard.  And since it's a super quiet basement, I can crank it without disturbing the rest of the house or the neighbors.