That gets my goat is that some modern cheap arse Stereo equipment sounds better than older say 80's Gear ie Phono stages. Really grinds my gears because the build quality & looks of old are all gone with the cheap modern day stuff. Its obviously not rubbish as far as sound quality goes but someone that finds build quality & such of paramount importance sends ones brain into overload..

At the Moment i have a Two box Kinshaw Perception stood, The tiny £150 phono stage i just bought sounds a lot better to me but the principles of what i believe in drives me nuts.