Number of yrs. to reach the finished line?

30 days.

Speakers have to stay as they are one of the few that will work in my room.

Cables stay as they have the sonic signature I want in my system

Dac is staying as it made my digital sound as good or better than my ex TT.

Tenor amps are as good or better than Atmasphere amps and the OTL amp is what works best with the Zu speakers.. They stay.

MM stays put.

The Weiss Minerva was SS sounding and had a narrow sound stage.
The Lamp is in another league. Sounds like my ex TT or better.

Demo for 7 days and hear the sound of a truly great sounding dac.

Trying friends wire/ gear for free is fun but is this an addiction for many members here like crack/sex/eating disorder/smoking etc...

Finished with buying / selling and searching for the perfect sound.

Enjoying the fruit of your labor when you turn on your system and not going into a travail for some new Footers for your dac.

Reaching the destination is where the fun starts. The journey is like hell at times with the loss of $$$ to go backwards/sideway.

How many times did you try a tweak/ component only to find yourself eating BS after owning the stuff for a while. Frankly I found it quite boring at the end. Time to conquer something new.

The Tenor amp and the Lampizator dac has transported me to my destination.

In my case my room brings me to the end. Limited by the room keeps my speaker put close to the front wall where the Zu speaker still excell.

You guys that like to Dick around with you system what would you upgrade in mine? Speakers have to have bottom end and very close to the front wall.

No I really don't think anyone out there can pick better components/wire/etc. that will outrun what I have built.

69,

You are of that mind set but unlike you I have reached my destination and will no longer do the buy and try and sell game to find the perfect sound. Continue the journey my friend and enjoy the ride.

If I run into a big $$$ gain and a new room I might think different but new goals of travel and much skiing @ the best resorts is a new mind set. As a matter of fact audio is second to skiing all day long.