Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer?

@sgordon1 ....*S* Wonderful little video.....;)

Yes jdm, there Is an End....Ours. ;)

In the meanwhile, one shouldn’t stress over "...what should I do? "
As for the matter of inheritance, one leaves ’what it is’. Consider your spouse 1st, she’s put up with you longer (and likely more) than the kidz.

(Statistically, that’s how things usually shake out...bummer....)

Anyway....you’ve worked long and likely hard for whatever you’ve amassed. Indulge a bit....I’m not inferring that you pull a 2nd mortgage and go nutz, but feel free enough to scratch that itch ’enough’.

One can ’investigate’ what strikes ones’ curiosity without going postal over it. New, used, DIY....the options lay before you....

Go wondering around....*S*

Best of times, Jerry
(68, pushing 69....)

inna:

I’d say something is not quite right with you but I cannot know what this might be.

I'd say you're probably right.  And I don't know what it might be, either.  But I've got a few ideas.
jakeman:

I`m 62 and know exactly how you feel. With no audio stores within 50 miles , I wont buy expensive gear without hearing them.

I'm 100 miles south of KC.  That's the closest city that might have a few audio retailers left but I don't think there's much there.  I used to be able to see or hear something to get stoked about.  I miss that.  I think the last speakers I bought after an actual audition were B&W 703's in 2003 or 4.  I've been taking flyers since then.
I'll probably still be playing this game as long as health and finances allow...at least on some level.  Now if I was to go to an audio show, say RMAF or AXPONA.......oh my...the Mrs. better hide the check book and the credit cards.  Probably best I don't go, 

As a footnote, I would say that there is absolutely nothing - in any sense- that I wouldn't want to upgrade..

"Probably best I don't go,"

Go, it is so pleasantly overwhelming and lasts long enough that you really only want warm food and cold drink at the end of the day. I went for two shows within ten days this past fall. The last thing I was interested after them was some new piece of electronics, but I do not regret going for those shows.

A factor that has nothing to do with your age is your point of diminishing returns as far as your system goes.  For most of us who are possibly spending a bit more than we should but not emptying out the retirement account to buy gear, you're going to get to a level where you're just trying different flavors instead of actually upgrading.  For me at 60 my hearing is the worst it's ever been but I have the best system that I've ever had, and I can tell that by all of the details I'm hearing that I never paid attention to before; I'm just playing it a little louder.  I've been to a few audio stores and one show and really haven't heard anything that knocked me out so much that I've had to whip out the credit card to buy it right then and there (which, if you have to charge it because you don't have the money or you have other bills to pay, that's a warning sign to hold off all by itself).