How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems?

I have the itch to go to horn speakers after years and years of normal dynamic speakers. I mean I have had these B&W 800s since forever it seems, and am quite pleased with sound, but I now I want to try horns due to their immediacy and efficiency. I like the mustang analogy above, been there done that with corvettes and mustangs, haha. But speakers, been hanging on for life...some Klispch owners have had their Klipschorns for nearly 20 years, which is like being married for 20 years, a rarity in today’s world. So, I have the itch to go horns,  Abe keep the B&ws, or maybe not, but everything is on the table, Classic Audio loudspeakers in Brighton Michigan, Klipschorns, spatial audio, pure audiophile project, and anything else I get a chance to hear. But, I like the sound of my B&ws, but want something different! What’s wrong with me? Or us, as an audio community et.al., haha

 Horns are definitely a new world experience of sound. I miss them at times, yet know that the shortcomings can be off putting as well. Funny though, when you come from horns back to a regular speaker it is in some ways disappointing. 

I had thought of upgrading both my systems because of a weakness in the treble. Once I inserted Canare 4S11 speaker cables upon the recommendation of a fellow Audiogoner into both systems and let them cook each for 500 hours, I realized my system was now perfect for my taste. Gone was the slight dullness in the treble and now my bass which was good before has now become truly spectacular. I spent a grand total of $240.00 for a 15 foot pair and a 25 foot pair of the cables with locking bananas. It blew away my $1500.00 pair of long term speaker cables.

I really find it hard to believe that changing to a much cheaper speaker cable would let my system truly shine through. I can’t think of a thing I would want to change in either system. Well, perhaps a Dynavector DV20XL cartridge to replace the DL103 and a new pair of phono cables for the Technics TT.  The VPI phono cable I am using now is getting long in the tooth.

25' long speaker cables? No wonder you're losing treble. 

Very satisfied for the most part. It would be nice to test new arms and cartridges, or swap in a test phono amp etc. I guess it's like fancying a bit of strange but hanging with what you've got.