I lately wonder why I’m an Audiophile.

I always refer to myself as an audiophile. Someone crazy enough to put enormous effort and money into the endless pursuit of perfect reproduction of  music. It’s a clinical term. I am afflicted with it.

It isn’t a bragging term as over my lifetime, in any 10 year period, no more than ten people ever saw it, let alone listen to it. It is a very solo affliction. 

One fun test when I was in my twenties was does your stereo system cost more than your car. That has been true for my entire life... even when I got a Lexus, then two cars... and it now cost more than my first house. 

@laminarman "...This is like photography."

Yes it is.

I have pursued photography about as long as high end audio. Over the last ten years I added a Leica M10 to my stable. And then set out to figure out if the Leica Look was a thing. In the process developed a real appreciation for the camera lenses and the art of photography. Lots of fights with the sharpness as a single dimension... like the details are all guys in audio, and that there is very much something special about a Leica. Like my audio system now. 

You have a very nice system, however the Benchmark gear is very detailed oriented. While your CJ preamp is warm and emotional the Benchmark gear is not. If you want to link in the the emotional side of the music, I would recommend replacing replacing your amp with CJ... and get a much more natural sounding DAC. Your Tritons need a very natural midrange bloomed signal to sound their best. 

That sounds good.

On average my upgrade cycles are about seven years apart. In between I enjoy the music. Often being struck and / or getting chills from how incredible great the sound / music is on a daily or at least weakly basis. I can’t tell you how many times after a listening session going up to talk to my partner and exclaiming how incredible my system sounds... This has been going on for four years now, since my last upgrade..  

If you a not finding your system incredibly engaging... so it is  difficult to turn off and go do something else. You may still have work to do. It’s easy to put a system together that sounds very good.... it is another thing to put together one that is deeply emotionally engaging. A highly detailed, but dry sounding system will sound great for a while, then you'll loose interest. An emotional engaging one will be difficult to tear yourself away from after several hours of listening.