How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup?

@ovinewar  +1 
Keep it simple and improve what you have. Don't chop and change for the sake of "upgrading." Save for longer and make substantial upgrades less frequently. Buy used if possible. Consider classic vintage equipment. 

So glupson... You peaked early in life? 

About 9 years of buying from the used audio sites, ordering from manufacturers, buying from friends, and straight swaps with others.  It was also a lifetime of learning and listening to get to know the sound and what was most important in various areas such as detail and dynamics, for example.  I'm still adding non-component things that make a significant difference in the illusion of live music.

Bob

boxer12,

"So glupson... You peaked early in life?"

Yes, since then it has been downhill.

For real, I was excited and I was feverishly dreaming of that radio-cassette recorder. After that, nothing was a dream, it was just wishes. And OP was about a dream.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_radio_recorder_470_22ar47.html

Pretty cool glupson. I had a "Bell & Howell" radio cassette when a youngster. Made a lot of "mixed tapes" straight from the am portion of the radio. At night it would get fuzzy at times though :-)