I don't wish to question anyone belief or opinion here, but during the 80's I had an Akai amplifier and a Pioneer speaker pair. I forgot the Pioneer's model number, but the Akai was AM 2400. I enjoyed all the music played in it. Everything was good. Later I was introduced to the British equipment by a friend and then to high end. Music listening was never the same, to be precise I was not listening to music anymore. I became more concerned with the sound quality rather than music. I became an equipment freak rather than a music lover. I started to search for those tiny sounds in each song which was not audible in that 'ordinary' system. The song was secondary. I started to worry about imaging, sound stage, depth detailing...what not. Rafi saab, kishore da, Latha ji...all these legends took a back seat. New singers shining with those advance recording technologies were ones I listened to. I still have that Akai amp, connected to another vintage speaker. Kishore da still sounds great on it. I sleep over that melodious sound of Lataji with that old charm still in it. I love that ordinary system.