Well this link will start many arguments!

The so called ‘search for truth’ is exhausting, confounding, fraught with human frailties and will eventually rob you of valuable time and too much capital.  
Unless… unless you make it fun, casting off expectations of others and simply play the game by your own rules.  Your system, your way.  All that really matters.

I DO swear by cable lifters------they make vacuuming so much easier!

@willyht vacuum cleaning on a 1 to 10

l have discovered the efficiency of vacuum cleaners have severely diminished since all those cordless (no problem with what cable there) models have replaced the hard wired 1000W ones. More power in those olden days rewarded by better quality suckers.

Can anyone recommend a good cordless vacuum cleaner that does not loose suction after a few years? I am a self confessed fetishised fan for those long hose extensions. To get right in there with the spaghetti jungle of cables and hi-fi regalia appendages. 

Oh by the way, returning on track to the debate. I agree with the head/brain burn in syndrome. Sometimes, some people are just fooling themselves after an expensive upgrade, to justify the money that has been sucked out of their vaults.

New speakers--better bass. New amps--better bass. New preamp--better bass. New turntable--better bass. New cartridge--better bass. New speaker cables--better bass. New power cords--better bass. New power distributor--better bass. Better recording--better bass. New subwoofer? I'm hoping for better bass.

Not at all.