How many system makeovers to get to where u r now?

Speakers- 6 prs since 1971.
CDPs- 5 since 1995 (late adopter).
TT- 5 since 1971.
2 channel rcvrs- 2 btwn 1971 & 1976
Amps- 7 btwn 1976 and 2007
Pre-amps- 8 btwn 1976 & 2007
Integrated 1 2008

Speakers, 11 pair.
Amplifiers, 22 pair.
CD players, 15 that I can remember, probably more.
Turntables, 21 at least.
Pre-amps, 11, and at least that many phono stages in addition.

These are products I purchased. I've had tens of dozens of other pieces of equipment for evaluation that failed to convince me to buy after testing.

Since 1979, in my main listening system:

Speakers: 6 pair (latest Opera Platea - 1 year ago)
Amplifiers: 4 (latest Prima Luna Prologue 5 - 3 years ago)
Preamplifiers: 2 (latest Musical Fidelity CD Pre 24 - 4 years ago)
Receivers: 1 (Pioneer 636 - not used since 1990)
CD players: 4 (latest SONY SCD 555 ES SACD - 6 years ago)

My other systems are another story. I experiment quite a bit. For example in my 2 channel HT system, since 1999

Speakers: 6 pair (latest NHT Classic 2 - yesterday)
Amplifiers/Receivers: 5 (Prima Luna Prologue 2 - 3 years ago)
CD player: 4 (Rega Apollo - 1 year ago)
DVD players 2 (SONY GX300 - 3 years ago)

Regards,

Rich

In the last 5 years (not counting HT changes)-

8+ amps (now Meridian pre - amps in speakers)
12+ floorstamding speakers - many bookshelf (now Meridian DSP-5000)
3 CDP's (now mac mini+DAC)

I'm pretty happy with the Meridian system, it does more things right than other equipment I've had