This crazy hobby is a journey and no a destination.
unless you are one of the rare/select very top net income oxygen breathers, participation in this hobby for the rest of our forum masses is pegged as “good-as-I-can afford, for now,,,”
Sure …we attend the audio shows and we wistfully fantasize about an upgrade to the 7 figure rigs with their eye-watering price tags. This is costant tension with that pesky reality check of household budgets,
its been a five decade progressive ride for me with four current systems.
i am solidly content with staying put with my current “A” system, in the context of it empirically being high-end “good ” in general at its price point , AND contemporaneously “good enough” at my advanced age without an insatiable lust for further major wallet draining upgrades.