I'm curious, did you listen in a properly treated room? As in with bass traps, panel traps, diffusers, a cloud, first reflection points covered, etc? Because I

I'm curious, did you listen in a properly treated room? As in with bass traps, panel traps, diffusers, a cloud, first reflection points covered, etc? Because I can hear a difference on less that $10,000 of playback equipment, but in a fully treated listening room. And I know from the days when I used an untreated room, there would be no way I could tell in an untreated room, even with a million dollars of equipment. It's the most overlooked part of the listening chain, and is in fact the most important part. In fact it always shocks me how many "audiophiles" will pump tens of thousands into audio equipment for their reflective, untreated, boxy listening space. A $1000 pair of speakers in a room with $5000 in room treatment will totally blow away $20,000 pair of speaker in a room with $0 in room treatment. Every time.