Thank you Cno, that's a nice long list. Bit unorthodox, but I take what I can get these days!
Sometimes you forget about the music with all the obsessing over gear, seriously considering a break from hifi to concentrate on the music a bit more.
I was thinking about this the other day actually. In me youth, I had a couple of friends who introduced me to music I wouldn't have touched with a barge pole otherwise, and I still play those albums. I find that while great, spotify and YouTube cannot replace people who are enthusiastic about certain albums or artists.