am i done ?

My system consists of ,Ayre amp and preamp with a pair of sonus cremona speakers, all cabled with analysis plus big silver oval speaker and interconnects. my system was a little dark and this combo put me in a good place.
But recently i upgraded to the ayre c5xemp cd player and found it a bit bright, so i switched to a set of cardas golden reference interconnects.not only did they take the edge off, but i was shocked that they also made my player sound so much better.
im very happy with the way things are sounding now, but cant help but wonder if i am missing something, and should continue to switch. its mostly a cost issue. those cardas cables are not cheap.