I miss the time when I was looking at "more affordable" (to my wallet) gear, as I was able to buy both and then sell one for a loss. Now any side-grade costs as much as TOTL headphone and a true-blind-buy-gear-everyone-agrees-on type of an upgrade gear costs like a small collection of headphones. This reminds me of fitness - when you are not accustomed to train, early gains are not impressive, but are linear/predictable/reliable, once you get to the upper echelon of fitness, you may not see gains for months, yet you are training as hard as ever. This brings me to the age old saying - we are all enjoying the journey here, but sometimes get frustrated with what we don't have, rather than satisfied with where we are right now.