Hmm, can’t imagine trading off a nice vintage amplifier, speakers, or turntable. Updates? Sure! But new gear is guarantee of nothing except loss of fortune. Often, someone had it right a very long time ago and many have been floundering to be different ever since. I buy used, I rarely feel compelled to swap out major components, like the fore mentioned. New records, new phono cartridges, obviously. Though I realize the slippery slope of perfectionist anything. Like that guy said, I’ve somehow sent ten times what I had originally expected to spend but it has me at a place with an amazing curated sound I would not trade…