What do you LIKE BEST about your current audio system?

The way like music sounds as real. Natural, holografic, ( 3 D) the way how you can practical “touch the Instruments” That the way i can experience music (empathize with). Listening for hours.....music is my life.
luxman sacd D-06, Esoteric F-05, Ilumnia magister speakers. To everyone:enjoy your music to the fullest,and let your worries lie aside.

I happened to (catch) how this thread was started, but I'll defer...

For me, the OP's post, while out of frustration, is not the appropriate question here. It must be...What do you appreciate most how your audio system conveys recorded media to you?

Music: For me, it is the essence, (my essence) that allows me to expand myself. It provides me an outlet to explore other possibilities. It is in fact, essential to who I am!

High end audio, makes this more real so I am involved in a completely better way. This outlet helps me to come to a better understanding of the world around me. It is, to me, LIFE!

I love how my rig sounds so good for relatively so little cost because I use some refurbished vintage gear. My slate AudioGrail Garrard 401with 12" Jelco 850 and Decca SG cartridge, Croft R phono preamp, Stu Remmington 1960s EICO monoblocs, top notch tubes, and Quad ESLs make music better than any show demo I've heard. A bunch of great 50s-70s jazz and blues recordings are a delight. Concrete floors help too.

I am very busy right now so not much time to listen. But when I do, I am pleasently surprised. Everytime, with nearly every recording.

For the last several years I was toiling to achieve a certain musical unity and balance for both my digital and analog front ends. For a while, I got pretty deep into the finer details of system tuning and component matching and sometimes neglected to sit back and just enjoy the music. Occasionally along the way, I would lift my head up and say “wow, its never sounded like that before!”

Now, upgraditis currently at bay.

I like the worldview, criteria and methods I employ in being an audiophile. The criteria and methods were hard won, that is took a long time and much effort to develop. But it has paid off, and continues to pay off big dividends.  :)