A few years ago I found an old school excercise book from 1969. In the back was a list of my dream system with prices. Can’t remember the prices but the system was Garrard 401, SME 3009, Shure V15 mk2, Leak Stereo 70 and B&W DM70 Continentals. Probably would have sounded awful in retrospect.
By 1975, the dream had moved on. Nothing less than a Gale GT2101, Lecson AC1/AP3 and Gale GS401s in black and chrome. That probably would have sounded half decent, but with looks like those, who gives a stuff what it sounds like?