If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it…

i see your speaker stands are from Eric at GHA, are you in Pac NW ?
i am south Seattle 

It is a merry-go-round. I finally got off after 50 years.
In fact, this is my anniversary. Got my first system when I went away to college at 18.
Sure, it was great fun to get a shiny, new component. At least until the flash wore off. I am content that I now have my destination system.
Several recent tweaks greatly raised the SQ. Townshend Podiums under my speakers was incredible. So much so that is is hard to believe! QSA yellow fuses were not as much but a significant improvement. I think, the last tweak will be NPS 1260 solution.
Don’t think it will hurt anything but may also be significant. And, maybe, great. Going off OP, anyone have experience with NPS 1260?

Descend into the Qobuz rabbit hole.

Thanks for making this a lively thread, all.  
@ghdprentice i don’t think a sterile or unengaging system is the problem… in fact, it’s where I want it to be in that regard.  It’s all the little power/server/cable upgrades that itch at me now, when I read about them here and elsewhere because I don’t have a million dollars to go ‘all the way’ and see just how ‘perfect’ my little system can sound.  Of course, reading about new $50,000 speakers in Absolute Sound gives me the doubts too, since I don’t know if they’re ‘way better’ compared to mine.  All that glowing prose and jaw dropping…

@celtic66 well said:

So much of marketing is creation of dissatisfaction with current status and then.....magically providing a consumption solution.