Hi,

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message

[snip description of a techno-den that sounds vaguely like my place]

And there isn't a single unwanted click, hiss or splat on the speakers from
any of this, ever. I can switch the amplifier to an unused input, turn the
volume control fully clockwise and put my head right in front of one of the
loudspeakers and hear nothing at all.

Ditto.

So why am I missing all the excitement?

You don't want to believe :-)

Everybody else seems to have to
tinker about solving endless technical problems with their hi-fi, but I just
connect everything together and sit back and enjoy the music without
worrying about anything, and it all works.

I don't think there's any 'have to' about it. I reckon some people 'want
to' tinker with endless technical problems. I'm a bit like that, but I put
it down to a thirst for knowledge (honest!) and I do my tinkering on
things that really might make a difference.

There are plenty of 'audiophiles' who are in it for the toys, not the music.
For those people who aren't _really_ in it for the music, there has to be some
twiddling to do in the endless (and fruitless) search for perfection, or it's
just
no fun. There's nothing wrong with that, except that it encourages the
******* that want to profit from naivety by selling snake oil.

In my book, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Regards,

Glenn.