@sgreg1, I fell down the rabbit hole after buying a Yamaha A-S3000 integrated to resurrect my system from a 15 year hiatus. I noticed that my Infinity RS4b speakers sounded better than I ever remember them sounding when my old flagship Yamaha integrated, the A-1000, was working before it died and I put the system away all those years ago.
I wondered what new speaker technology would do for the system? That was me falling down the rabbit hole which lead to my current set-up in which all components from the old system were replaced, some of them several times. All of this transpired within the last 3.5 years.
The journey has been totally worth it sonically but, I’m glad I’m done for the time being.
What’s happened since building the system and being in heaven listening to music is a progression of my third childhood journey.
I decided to start drum lessons again. I haven’t played in 40 years. Building the system and getting back into music has lead me to wanting to play drums again. I’m starting from scratch, learning to read music and proper holding of the sticks. I’d been away so long that now there are three different grips to master. They weren’t teaching them when I learned! I am a fish out of water at the present time but I got spare time...