My latest upgrade was getting a STAX SRM1/SR5 headphone combination and now I was just thinking to downgrade speakers and amps but it's been already too much DIY effort took place towards the amps to modify; so I'll just simply stay where I am. Not realy I can hold-on listening in headphones for three hours -- gotta switch to speakers and amp that arn't bad at all but not as good as STAX for sure.
I did also many upgrades for instance from re-issues to original versions: Let it even sound worse than some cool re-issues but I'm more as a collector in that case than an audiophile; from bad condition vinyls to a good condition vinyls(why bother cleansing or getting from $hit gold with all the expencive chemical tweaks?); sold one bundle of CDs to change for another bundle and so-on and so-fourth.
BTW, I spotted on some labels a good jump towards quality on red-book CDs within the past couple of years and some of them realy can argue with vinyls and SACDs. Some of the small new labels(yeah underground ones that I ussually hang on to) print out excellent pressings and my mostly analogue music collection getting some digital increase as well.
I did also many upgrades for instance from re-issues to original versions: Let it even sound worse than some cool re-issues but I'm more as a collector in that case than an audiophile; from bad condition vinyls to a good condition vinyls(why bother cleansing or getting from $hit gold with all the expencive chemical tweaks?); sold one bundle of CDs to change for another bundle and so-on and so-fourth.
BTW, I spotted on some labels a good jump towards quality on red-book CDs within the past couple of years and some of them realy can argue with vinyls and SACDs. Some of the small new labels(yeah underground ones that I ussually hang on to) print out excellent pressings and my mostly analogue music collection getting some digital increase as well.