You’re not the only bad person here😆
I promised my wife that I was done with upgrade because the system sounded great already. She told me that no visitors could hear any obvious improvement from the last $10k “waste” on cables. Did I listen?
The promise was made last year.
Sounds like the only problem is you are inviting the wrong visitors to listen!
I am pretty grateful for the last two experiences with The SR Master fuse and the pure silver ethernet cable. Both of them I did hear a huge difference but in a majorly negative ways. They were the first two pieces I actually returned after long painful breaking in.
Now Ineed to make time to start selling the stuff that was incrementally sounded better but I leap frogged forward with immensely better purchase or discoveries. Then just plain upgrades after years of use but I thought maybe on a rainy day I’d find use but still no longer use.
My main rig is so insanely better, nothing else as a second or third system in the same house will not be listened to. Our furnished vacation properties my wife leases out as short term vacation rentals. Placing any of that decent gear or of value there is recipe for being immediately stolen or damaged. I have had interconnects and wiring get pilfered or damaged at the horse ranch where I do have a excellent sounding midfi system but I can monitor that. Most rental guests can’t operate a system with more than a power button and volume despite and flip every switch leaving you a puzzle on how they messed it up this time.
But the two lakefront properties we have had guests that try to host massive blow out parties. One party where all the furniture went missing or you have doors windows and walls busted in.
In the old days we used to have big parties, and we experienced similar issues. young kids poking speaker woofers and tweeters were the worst nightmare! Now we only host parties with family members (no little kids).
We have a rental property in Waikiki (zero audio stuff), we were thinking of moving there for retirement years ago. The problem is HI has one of the worst healthcare system for old people. Becuase doctors and nurses are under paid so very few good ones stayed, and long wait for appointments is a big issue. I guess we will never move there anymore.
Vmax, your system seems to have gotten to the point where you like it the way it is. A change tilts your ideal and not always in the right direction. Greetings Andrew
Your wife said that? Good God! When I have people over to my place to listen I make my wife go up to the lake home. That seems like a better idea than ever now.
The last two times I had visitors my system sounded better after because of questions they asked that together we found answers for. It was fun.
I only have one friend who doesn’t think much of my setup, @minnesotafats. He is always puzzled that anyone would subject themselves to what I have built. Fun.
I love my wife and she kept me sane 
My friends who could not hear difference nor appreciated about my proud investment in cables, they are not invited anymore. Soon I don’t have friends left at house anymore 
I should have chosen friends better.
Family members? They’re here to have good food and drinks, I never can get them to listen to music for more than 30 seconds anyway.
My wife and daughter share their greatest fear, that I might invite them to sit in my chair and listen to one song that they pick. They really don’t want to do that ever again. I cannot fathom why?
My favorite comment from a “civilian” about my hi-fi was “all that just to play a record?!”
I had one co-worker say, you mean you just sit there and listen to music? He has never been invited over.
If good audio is a drug, why share?
I’m always a bit jealous of people have local hi-fi pals that they can exchange gear and ideas of this hobby.
Attempted to try to get friends, family members to get into, or just to apprieciate this hobby. Now, if the person don’t show interest in the first 30 sec when the music is play, I don’t bother. “It’s just furniture.” That’s my line.
The reason for this has always been a puzzle to me. Ever since I graduated from college I’ve run into very very few people who have had any interest in the hobby. In my mind the first thing I think of when the subject of luxury goods comes up is a good sound system. I can’t imagine quality music not being part of my life but I feel like an island in a sea of indifference. It’s very isolating. I’m so thankful for the internet where I can access like minded people. And why is it almost exclusively a male club? Makes no sense. My wife would rather run through hot coals than even be in the same room with me when I’m listening to music.
No mystery
Most listen to music
Few care about the equipment
To me it’s transformative. It transports to other environments. It’s essential for living a full and satisfying life.
The mystery still remains that why an audiophile to be will instantly know and remember that “holy cow” moment in their head when they were expose to a proper high end(not in term of price) system for the first time.
And then there are the rest of the spectrum.
Typical comments made by friends sitting in my sweet spot
Leaving the room: “How much does it cost this stuff?” this is the moment in which, in order not to lie, I slip out and quickly change the subject… I usually switch to wine!
Every time an experiment repeatable and predictable!
The only one that I’m proud to share my couch with is my son, we can talk about music for hours or just listen without a single word and he is able to turn the system on/off or spinning records by himself!
You are lucky that someone in the family can share your joy in music! 
Most of the time when I listen to music my daughter closed the door with headphone on (with noise cancellation on).
That’s how it was with my dad and I–we could sit and listen for hours, from when I was a lad until he passed. Such amazing times.
I count myself a very lucky man. My first wife, before she passed, and my wife now both love(d) listening to music, and like(d) hearing it through a good system like mine. Neither would be called an audiophile by any means… just music lovers. I don’t know how I got so lucky.