I bought a 432 evo basic model from Dave and when I do upgrade I could spend less than 2times the amount for the next level of evo. You could do that 3 times to arrive at the sota evo, something to think about. You won't have to take a loss trying to sell one of the other brands when you do need to upgrade:)
Zen mini mark III with lps or zen mark III
Looking to upgrade from bluesound vault 2 to something better. Trying out a Node 2021 at the moment but the difference is not huge. The Node goes USB into an Aesthetix Romulus and the Vault goes in over coax. Interestingly, while the Node is the source I can play file from the Vault hard drive. Would like to know if spending a multiple of the cost of the Node to get into a zen is going to be really noticeable. Thanks