The Wilt Chamberlain of Audio Gear

Scott 22's main point rings true, you are better off with synergy between components or players.

But I could not resist this, even though as a kid I kind of liked Wilt, in his later career L.A. Lakers days.

Bill Russell also was on two USF NCAA championship teams, and an Olympic Gold medal winning team, bringing his total  ring count to 14.

Wilt's Kansas team lost to North Carolina in the title game, late '50s,, when the Tarheels went into a stall, not uncommon in those days. 

Wilt's numbers were otherworldly during the regular season, but head to head, in 142 games against Russell, his scoring tended to be a lot lower. 
Russell was a terrific shot blocker and defender, maybe the best of his time. I think one year, he was a "player/coach." 

OK, enough with the sports talk. Who knew this was a basketball forum?

Here's a kind of side question to the OP's: 

How many here were swapping gear in and out and realized they needed to work on their room?

If that was you, and you sorted out your room's acoustics, did you go back to swapping gear? Did that then, again, change the treatments in your room?

There are a lot of variable at play in how things sound, and to just swap gear misses a bit part of the adventure.

How many NBA players besides WC had the rules of the game changed just because of them? Zero comes to mind. 3 in the key.

Just remember Freddies' dead.

Keep on dropping your wallet faster than a crack whore.

Cuz it feels goooooood!!!

I was hit by the bug almost 40 years ago now and never did stop looking for that elusive sound and then the magic happened and once i heard the top vintage sound i never looked back but i can tell you that then you start buying many examples of that too because you will want the many different sounds that top models had to offer. The funny thing is is that any one of the top models will make a new design sound like a pale imitation of music on any basis especially if you want to hear what is on a truly great recording.

Thank you all for weighing in here;  I got a really good laugh reading your comments. :)

To expand on my listening preferences, I’m a tube guy at heart but I think SS, and in particular, British shoe box sized integrated amps can be so cool that I just love trying things out. For me, it’s like trying different flavors of ice cream; but whenever I have solid state gear it never seems to stay around that long. When I have tube gear, it just sounds right, and I have much less tendency to make changes. 
I prefer analog tuners but somehow always seem to buy digital tuner‘s every now and then, because they are super cool looking, but like SS gear, they never satisfy me in the long run.

I am also a bang for the buck kind of person. I don’t believe you need to spend lots on this hobby if you know what you were doing.

In my next entry, hopefully tomorrow, I’ll respond specifically to the comments you’ve all made.  Thank you all for participating.