But in a small confined space, it is a different story.   I have a very high level of respect for individuals with great sounding system in small little room.  Pat's system is a perfect example of this.   The system has a good tonal balance, as well as a very decent soundstage, wide enough to display a well defined separation of instruments of a large scale orchestral performance.

Pat likes to take the road less travelled, most of his equipment are from smaller boutique companies which are more fancy and exotic, like his Dodd audio amplifier with a chrome chassis.    I'll buy these amps based on looks alone !