McChicken. Speaking for myself, you are always right to ask the question and be sceptical...open-minded but cautious. In my own travels, I started out with a boombox...when I got out of college, I got an integrated amp and borrowed my landlord's AR speakers. Despite the insistence of my local dealer about "it all starts with the source...get a better source", I found more benefit more benefit out of a $300 Audioquest IC from my boombox Direct-out into the Integrated...than a $500 CD player and an el cheapo free 'black and red' IC that came with the CD player. Years later, I 'upgraded' to a $50 Daewoo DVD player...and my new local dealer offered an 'upgrade' to a Unico or a Rega...and he still remembers 10 years later that HE stopped the shoot-out. Its not that the Daewoo was better (or even as good)...its just that it was not THAT much worse...for $50. THAT SAID, I have found certain pieces (all second hand/demo, btw) at the ultra high-end can be stunning (not all of them) and offer completely new information, new dynamics from my music...not just better here or there...but wholesale changes to music that take me very close to the event in many cases (mainly acoustic, well-miked, smaller ensembles)...and thrillingly close to much bigger events (organ, Hans Zimmer Dark Knight Soundtracks, and deep house electronic, etc) But it also delivers to me so much insight into the musical cues, nuances, etc...that a music collection becomes a place of discovery. It is truly wonderful, and I have my favorites among those that I have auditioned over the years. All my own two cents...but happy to PM if you wish. Finally, I have heard B&O equipment...and while I think it is very very good quality equipment...you ARE going to find it difficult to blow away what you have. I think you CAN...but I think you should also realize, you have bought well imho. Good luck. My 2 cents. Pls feel free to keep us posted.