HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO?

@phishhhhh4 be sure to also join fellow Vandersteen owners on the Vandy forum 

i bet your system sounds great

@carlsbad2 yup I agree with you but running out of gas and cash. Lol. You can always find more if you look hard enough. Lol 😂 

Right now I have Audio Research Ref 750s. Audio Research Ref 6SE. Rega Isis CDP.  Krell B&W Bass alignment filters. ( 2 ) balanced. B&W Matrix 800 speakers Quad wired with Straight Wire Crescendos. Straight Wire Crescendo XLR interconnects. Timbernation custom audio rack and amp platforms. Back up amp is a Krell FPB 600. Maybe upgrade to the Audio Research Ref 9 se CDP. 

After 47 years, I am finally done. Audio Note Cobra integrated amplifier with Audio Note speaker cables, Audio Note Audio Note CD 3.1x/II CD player, Quad ESL-57 speakers. There. Done. Happy.

@calvinj  My first "system" was a crystal radio with an ear plug at age 8.  60 years later I've learned a couple things.  I've owned a few pieces of equipment.  I went 20 years without changing a thing.  In the past few years I've put together the system I'll take to the end.   But I stand by my words above.  Far to many people on these sites need to preface thier remarks with IMHO. 

IMHO. 

To answer the OP's second question, I can't get enough of Joe Henderson.