Would anyone respond???

I'm very, very, very happy with my system with a few caveats: 1) I believe the front end power can be cleaner via conditioners, pc's, etc., 2) I'd like to spend more time on acoustic treatments, 3) I'd like to do more work on isolation / decoupling, and 4) I'd like to supplement my digital front end with a higher end single disc player that also does SACD. Technically, I'd be changing just about everything other than my existing components ;-) Does that count?

Honestly, I love my system and am finding it hard to go to bed at night since I don't want to stop listening to music. Nonetheless, there is so much more to music reproduction than the components themselves. I think there are two general areas of focus in the land of audiophiledom: the system itself and the system environment, which includes the first three factors I mentioned plus things like room layout and speaker placement. My focus now is on the system environment. If I keep improving that, I may never get any sleep ... but what the heck!

IT NEVER ENDS! I'm getting close on one system, but then I'm already thinking through future steps towards building another. I even went to see my Doctor, who sent me to a Hematologist, who conquered HI-FI was just in my BLOOD! His recommendation was Plasma Therapy? So I took his medical advise, & purchased a 42" Hdtv Plasma, built a 7.1 Ch hi-end Home Theater system which didn't help! Some much for the medical route, as I'm right back to 2 channel! I got married a little over 3 months ago, which I thought would slow things down in it tracks? Nope! So in the words of a very wise man.... George Jetsons "Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing"???

We really have two hobbies here.

1...Some people are music lovers, and just want a system that allows them to hear the music. They don't upgrade often.

2...Some people are interested in the technology. They are always experimenting.

There is no reason why you can't have both hobbies. Both are valid.

I feel a change in Audio winds... After years of Big Balls SS amps, I feel the "Want" to play with 300B, & flea-power SET tube gear. The desire to build my own Single Driver, & Horn variety high db efficiency speakers is also present now!?! The Force is strong like Luke Skywalker being drawn over to the Dark Side! The Mapletree Audio amps, & amp kits, are looking good too. So I think in the future there will be a whole crap load of new gear, heading in, & out of my listening rooms. So since Slappy changed his name to "Sigh", & "AudioPimp" is already taken.?.?. I will from now on only answer to "Mr. Bling-Bling", till I find my perfect SET sound? But in the end, it is still all about the Music, not the Gear!

I am very happy with my gear and have no plans to replace anything.