Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better?

The only things I ever obsess over are spitty sibilants and screechy violins. And oh yeah, boomy bass. I enjoy the heck out of imaging and soundstaging, but if it ain't in the recording I ain't gonna go crazy.

Here's another way of framing the question:

"Do you ENJOY spending time enjoying improving -- or just tinkering with -- your system?"

If the answer to that is "yes" then there is no problem that Dan Wright needs to solve.

Honestly, for a forum focused on hobbyists, there's a lot of hand-wringing about being, well, a hobbyist.

No!

NO NEVER!!

Not my HiFi system these days, I've heard what's out there and most of It's not a whole load better, but more with stuff like smartphones and portable speakers etc.

As @edcyn said above I also can't stand spitty sibilants etc.

I don't think I'm exaggerating if I was to say that I find such things slightly painful.

Nor am I exaggerating too much if I said that most smartphone speakers are pretty awful.

It's slightly frustrating that reviewers will spend a huge amount of time comparing gaming and camera performance and waffle on and on about refresh rates and super fast charging yet pay no heed to the screechy noise emanating from the sole speaker firing from the base.

Thankfully I was able to upgrade from my Moto G7 to the Redmi Note10 Pro.

The sound is not great, but it's listenable which I couldn't always say about the Motorola.