How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems?

I  am truly happy and done with my main rig but I may upgrade  the Integrated amp in my secondary system to a more current McIntosh.  That's it, as I am now retired, I don't have as much disposable income as I had when working.

I had thought of upgrading both my systems because of a weakness in the treble. Once I inserted Canare 4S11 speaker cables upon the recommendation of a fellow Audiogoner into both systems and let them cook each for 500 hours, I realized my system was now perfect for my taste. Gone was the slight dullness in the treble and now my bass which was good before has now become truly spectacular. I spent a grand total of $240.00 for a 15 foot pair and a 25 foot pair of the cables with locking bananas. It blew away my $1500.00 pair of long term speaker cables.

I really find it hard to believe that changing to a much cheaper speaker cable would let my system truly shine through. I can’t think of a thing I would want to change in either system. Well, perhaps a Dynavector DV20XL cartridge to replace the DL103 and a new pair of phono cables for the Technics TT.  The VPI phono cable I am using now is getting long in the tooth.