Lets keep the audience in perspective. Most of middle income America would think spending $2000 on a system is expensive and perhaps obsessive. We think spending $2000 on an amp to be a starter kit. If you are used to hearing a near state of the art system then you might not be satisfied with something that would make a young audiophile very happy, and a middle income American gaping open mouthed at what they are hearing, while you sit there and grumble about linearity or a perceived bass boom.