> active (especially active digital, for anechoic factory calibration and room correction) is definitely the way to go these days An amplifier is just an ampli

> active (especially active digital, for anechoic factory calibration and room correction) is definitely the way to go these days An amplifier is just an amplifier... wouldn't that be something better done with software than replacing the whole amplifier? I think I'm a "midphile" and not an audiophile. I don't want to listen to music on a cheap laptop speaker or a smartphone like most people I know do, but a high end 1970s hifi system sounds as good as a modern one to me, and I cannot tell the difference.