I've read all this with interest.

There are, of course, many paths to righteousness, but one proposed by (what I first read as) The Vinyl Antichrist, is probably, on balance, not the one to take.

However, I am with those who say 'this is only hi-fi' FFS. We each do our own thing, so move along, there . . . life's too short for inconsequential spats.