You forgot to mention the immense mountain of hi-fi magazines dating back to the 1970's :D
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Actually it's dead easy to cure this particular addiction; just stop reading hifi mags/visiting forums/walking past hifi shops. Or lose all your money on the horses.
I guess I've done quite a bit of box swapping over time but I did use the AN Oto for about 8 years along with the AN Dac and either Heresy, Rega RS3's or LV's so I guess that's not too bad
My latest is a Naim setup used with either LV's or the Maggies and I'm just as happy with the sound as I was with the AN, it's just different :)