Francisco, my thread here carries the risk of my coming across as pompous, self satisfied, cat that got the cream.
And by my own admission, my gear was fighting an uphill battle acoustically in my old space, and my tt may well truly have never been as well set up as it is now.
I’m sure many audiophiles have moved their gear to a stellar sounding room, or got their tt singing, I really don’t want to pretend I’ve unlocked some ancient secret.
For me my current state of play is a sort of ultimate expression of sweating the small stuff really mattering as the big stuff.
Re future spending, hey I’m not so naive to think I won’t be tempted. I know my Zus have certain limits on absolute transparency and microdynamics.
But after a few years of going to listen to Apogees, Cessaro Liszts, AG Duos on a regular basis, and a recent uber purist horns based system, I can honestly say my optimised Zus are not embarrassed in this company, indeed my conclusion is they are better all rounders than all of these, to my ears.
And so if I ever go for another component upgrade, it’ll likely be new flagship Zus due out in the next 18-24 months.
I cannot see myself prioritising another tt, cdp or set of amps, over what I currently have.
But this is purely hypothetical, those Zus are not anywhere near ready, and I’m truly enjoying music, being in the moment, and not projecting ahead.
Indeed a critical factor that points twds me having it right is a newly found love for my classical vinyl, that never seemed on the cards even a month ago.