Number of yrs. to reach the finished line?

At some point you would have to change the listening room and possibly the house. How many of us would go that far?
Even now my modest $7.5k in used prices system would sound much better if I could move it to a better room which I cannot do. But that wouldn't stop me from upgrading. Though my stereo is not a true hi-fi yet it is very sensitive to even small changes; that's good to keep the hobby going. It is not at all only about music, it is also very much about the sound as we all know.

Inna , your almost right . When the wife mentioned she had found a house with a pool and that we would be moving , my first and only question was , is the living room symetrical .

This is funny, I just thought about this idea and then i ran across this thread. It took about 20 years for me.

Trying friends wire/ gear for free is fun but is this an addiction for many members here like crack/sex/eating disorder/smoking etc...

Addiction or not, if it is more or less under control it's OK.