>>What is the longest time you have been totally satisfied with your system?
I had a HighEnd system for almost 14 years. I had bought it with the term "HighEnd" in mind which means to me: as good as it gets regarding my budget and sane senses. I only changed this system to my current gear due to a move into a bigger house. My living-/listening room has 64 squaremeters now with a high wooden ceiling and wooden floor - a dream to make music in (my Steinway Grand and my Hammond A 100 are in the same room). It's very clear that music-REPRODUCTION also gets all the benefits from this room. And again I consider my system high end and I cannot think of any reason to change any of the units except they were broken. Knowing the fact that music reproduction NEVER will come anywhere close to live music I am more than happy about what this system can do for me. Real music, however, is something completely different - hence I don't get the thread's title right.
I had a HighEnd system for almost 14 years. I had bought it with the term "HighEnd" in mind which means to me: as good as it gets regarding my budget and sane senses. I only changed this system to my current gear due to a move into a bigger house. My living-/listening room has 64 squaremeters now with a high wooden ceiling and wooden floor - a dream to make music in (my Steinway Grand and my Hammond A 100 are in the same room). It's very clear that music-REPRODUCTION also gets all the benefits from this room. And again I consider my system high end and I cannot think of any reason to change any of the units except they were broken. Knowing the fact that music reproduction NEVER will come anywhere close to live music I am more than happy about what this system can do for me. Real music, however, is something completely different - hence I don't get the thread's title right.