Dead on. I don't compete because what I like, and what generally wins at competitions varies to the degree that it's pointless.
Anyway, make sure when tweaking, that you give yourself some listening time at each setting. That is once you reach the fine tuning stage. You'll also find that different songs, and styles of music will sound better at different settings, so make sure you stay consistent with what you tune with. Pick your 3 favorite songs. If you listen to 3 different genres of music, pick one song from each genre and use those to tune.
My three are:
Tool - Lateralus
Peter Gabriel - Steam
Duran Duran - Rio
If I can get those three to all sound good, I've got my system pretty dialed in.
