How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup?

I may have gone at it way too fast. I started with a set of Kef Q550s and a Marantz receiver around my 21st birthday. I've been thru 3 front end setups and 4 pairs of speakers before I finally found what I was looking for last month, Jeff Rowland front end with Avalon Eclipses. Started this hobby last August and now I think I'm finally happy (for now at least ;).

30-35 years.

Too long, to any changes, too many upgrades. 48 years and counting. Wait, who’s counting??!!

A few days. 

Had a pretty good vinyl system in the 70s and then nothing til I started up again in 2004. Started small and kept upgrading components. Eventually got to components that felt fairly permanent. Now it sorta feels like I’d have to start over at a much higher (too high) price point to make any big improvement. Feel like I’m done for now, 16 years later.  I don’t know if it’s my dream system but it’s much better than my ears at this point.