If you do I think you will be shocked. I was. The ARC was compared with a LOT of phono stages back when I bought it, and I mean home auditions. Never in my life would I have believed it was as colored, closed in, and veiled as the Herron revealed it to be. I mean it was huge. My wife heard it even through a closed door. You can find my review around here somewhere.
I got a whole slew of things you can do that will unbelievably upgrade your system and will be great to do in retirement because they involve a lot of time consuming hands on. But I'm kind of close myself and can appreciate wanting to just buy something to celebrate and sort of commemorate, and a fine set of speakers sure fits the bill.
My advice with the speakers would be get whichever ones sound the best. I know that sounds cliche but a lot of people would look at the cost/value of new vs used. When the real value isn't the money its your time. You worked hard all your life. Spend the rest of it enjoying the sound you love. That might sound trite but I trust you will get it.
I got a whole slew of things you can do that will unbelievably upgrade your system and will be great to do in retirement because they involve a lot of time consuming hands on. But I'm kind of close myself and can appreciate wanting to just buy something to celebrate and sort of commemorate, and a fine set of speakers sure fits the bill.
My advice with the speakers would be get whichever ones sound the best. I know that sounds cliche but a lot of people would look at the cost/value of new vs used. When the real value isn't the money its your time. You worked hard all your life. Spend the rest of it enjoying the sound you love. That might sound trite but I trust you will get it.