Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!!

Ariel Acoustics 7T's driven by ARC components have been "berry, berry good to me."  We are moving to a new house this month, and I am looking forward to setting things up in a new catherdral ceiling venue.  Some acoustical improvements to the room, and the addition of a pair of REL subs should expand my contentment.  At 75, the balance between my listening, photographic acquisitions, and various automotive conveyances is complete (who said that?!).  I hope to expire many years from now whilst sitting in The Chair  like the guy in the 80's Maxell commercial.  Yippee!

@skinzy - Thank you for launching this thought exercise for me. Winning the lottery at this point would probably result in:

1. A tithe
2. Retiring
3. Ensuring kid’s education is funded.
4. Taking care of a couple of friends in need.
5. Building all the woodworking projects I have in mind.
6. Travel.

If I were twenty years younger, this would be augmented by probably second and third homes and a large system for one of them built around tubes (Audio Research) and vinyl (and a request to @ghdprentice and @mikelavigne for lots of guidance). Somewhere in there we would get around to price-no-object speakers…Along the way, I would want to try Klipschorns and La Scalas, big Maggies with subs, and one or more electrostatics—all to satisfy about 45 years’ worth of curiosity. I imagine that this would be lots of fun and incredibly time-consuming. I might even venture into the world of hoity-toity cabling and vibration isolation for non-turntable items.

Since I am not twenty years younger (I am 61), I would rather spend the time and energy I have left on woodworking projects and travel, rather than amassing lots of gear that will eventually be a burden to my son after I move on.

AND—since I am not going to win the lottery, I am very thankful to have the system I have, which checks all my boxes and puts a smile on my face every time I turn it on.

I have found my end game speakers many times.  LOL

Traded up from Volti Razz to Magico A3 and very pleased. End game? I’m not sure but, I went to an audio show in Dallas and didn’t heard anything I would consider end game. The A3 has enough low end in my smallish listening space that I don’t yearn for sub(s). Frequently response is exceptional a I’m still breaking them in. At 71, the A3 may be end game. My wife thinks so anyway. 😆

There is no end game speakers without end game room ... Many  upgrading is born from that forgetfullness ...