
In a house bursting with 13 speakers and 6 subwoofers, one audiophileโs living room doubles as a 7.6.6 surround-sound sanctuaryโthough his wife might call it something else entirely.

Nick from Sydney blends Aussie-made classics like ME amplification and Serhan Swift Mu2 speakers with Naim digital gear, showing that thoughtful system synergyโand not priceโcreates holographic sound thatโs pure, personal, and meditative.

In this profile, Alain Gascon shares his audiophile journeyโfrom teenage catalog dreams to a vinyl-focused system built around Totem Winds and McIntosh gearโemphasizing musicโs emotional power over technical obsession.

Two years after downsizing seemed inevitable, Tom Gibbs finds himself retired, mortgage-free, and surrounded by two dream audio roomsโone digital, one analogโwhere Maggies, KLH Fives, and top-tier gear turn every listen into an event.

After decades in hi-fi retail and personal loss, Greg from Boise rekindled his passion for audio with a system built for emotional connectionโnot status. Now, it’s music, not specs, that moves him.

JJ ditched vinyl for digital ease, but itโs his careful speaker setup, Anthem room correction, and a surprising Ethernet filter from Network Acoustics that helped his compact listening room transcend its limits.

Tim Lim from Singapore sets a new distance record for PMAโs โNo, I Have the Best Systemโฆโ columnโsharing lessons from 20 years of audio upgrades, regrets, and triumphs in a dedicated hi-fi room inside a high-rise BTO flat.

Ciprian from Bucharest shares his meticulously crafted Wilson-LAMM system, built to dissolve his room and transport him emotionallyโproof that passion for lifelike music reproduction knows no borders, only commitment.

Raised on Zeppelin and Deep Purple in India, Priyoโs path to high-end audio took flight in Canadaโhis journey from vintage gear to a hybrid-tube system is powered by curiosity, experimentation, and sonic transformation.

Paul’s all-Linn 5.0 Katalyst system in Vancouver isn’t just rareโit’s revelatory. From digital streaming breakthroughs to power conditioning wizardry, his scientistโs approach transforms rooms and minds, proving synergy and tweaks matter.

Claude Lemaireโs sprawling DIY vinyl system may look eccentric, but its rich, soulful sound proves his unorthodox tweaks and vintage gear choices are far from frivolous.

In his pursuit of audio nirvana, Serge transformed a living space into a showcase for his Focal Utopia Maestros and a $100K+ setup, crediting his systemโs final leap in performance to DR Acoustics power products.

Jean-Franรงoisโs McIntosh-powered setup hits a personal sweet spot, where rich bass, vivid timbres, and thoughtful tweaksโfrom power lines to speaker anglesโhave ended his upgrade itch and turned listening into a lasting joy.

Built around both vinyl and digital front-ends, this $50K two-in-one system marries Magnepan LRS panels with Zu Audio Omensโproving great sound isnโt about price tags, but system synergy, savvy tweaks, and soul.

PMA’s Robert Schryer confesses to abandoning separates for the Grandinote Shinai integrated amp, declaring it the most human-sounding gear heโs ownedโand the cornerstone of a system that finally silenced the upgrade itch.
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