Brad, welcome to the forum man! Now there are three things I can promise if you walk into Suncoast Audio...friendly, knowledgeable service, objective recommendations & good coffee! (ps: Mike usually has some candy lying around, so don't be shy! :lol
Alas, you are correct. I don't think I have any of the electronics you had previously listened to. It just kind of snowballs and all of a sudden "poof" your room is full of new equipment and your check book says "what the heck happened".