Is it all worth it?

I'm enjoying the fruits of the last year and a half of my steady system upgrades, so I'd say "yes", it's been worth it.

This reminds me of the Boston Acoustics A150's I had.  Those foam woofer surrounds didn't seem to last long, had to replace them twice, third time they needed it, I gave them away on Craigslist.

I think I'm probably "done" with my equipment upgrades and am also "done" with conditioning the listening room (10 bass traps installed, my wife calls it my "padded cell").  Time to concentrate more on the music!

Few Boston acoustics A40s have ever been fed such an “high end’ meal.
I believe they were designed to get the midrange right and probably not overly bright for that room.. 

Sounds like it musta been a fun party, Willie.

Mensch yes not being overtly bright at all yet surprisingly resolving makes them a great match for that room.  

My main system feeds that room and speakers in several others via in wall wiring and a speaker switch so yes the little Bostons benefit from the same source system as my much bigger and pricier Ohm F5 series 3 speakers, smaller  ohms, Dynaudios and others.  

Yup :-))))

Can't believe that was 16 years ago :-(

Time flies when you're listening to music ;-)