How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup?

It's been a love affair since I was fine tuning the gear in my car back in high school. 
Recently, I decided it was time to go all in and upgrade my system of the last 20+ years (Dynaudio  Confidence 3, Simaudio W5 and P3, Equi-Tek Power Supply) The new system less than 2 hours burn in Paradigm Persona  7F, Pass Labs XA60.8 Mono's, Prima Luna EVO 400 Pre, Lumin D2, Qobuz. I repurpsed the Power Supply and Nordost interconnects and speaker cable from the old system. I will let the amps run continuous for the next five days, but to be honest, I'm already pleased.
It was a ton of research and discussion to get to the point where I felt I had the right components, listening to each independently and reading spec sheets in infenitem. Listening and learning over the years (40+) has been a great deal of fun.

+1. mahgister....Can't always get what you want, but....;) 

Still don't have it. Probably never will. Once you have your dream set up there is no dreaming

Confucius say man who believe journey over probably not started yet.

Lao Tse says : " The Tao cannot be reached"

"It is in yourself man ! " -Groucho Marx