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

I too have a long ways to go!
Maybe I should have phrased the post differently, did anyone discover a component that will not get replaced?

Starting May last year,

Wharfedale 9.5's
Wharedale EVO2 30's
Monitor Audio RS6's
Dynaudio 72SE's
Image Studio Ref HD's
Dynaudio S1.4's Which I love and are keepers until I can afford C1's.

where i am is better then where i've been but where i'm going i believe is better still!

And so it goes...

Since 1975:
8 speakers pairs
4 int. amps
2 power amps
5 receivers
4 turntables

Acquired probably 4 times the above amount just to have, not to upgrade.

10 major/significant phases to my system since I was a teenager in the early 70's. My first stereo technically was a Magnavox stereo phonograph with ceramic cartridge back in the 60's when i was a kid.

First real component system in 1977. This consisted of Lafayette Criterion integrated amp and tuner, tt, and speakers that used the ESS Heil air motion transformer tweeters which I used to fry quite often.

The most consistent mainstay in my system has been Ohm Acoustics speakers. I acquired a pair of Ohm L's in 1978 and still run these (recently refurbished and custom upgraded). I currently own 3 separate pair of Ohms along with a pair of Dynaudios, a pair of Triangles, and a pair of Realistic minimus 7s.

I'd estimate 4-5 times as many actual component changes have occured along the way, but whose counting?