Ever had one of those nights when you just could not stop listening to your system?

Recently got a C-4 preamp and new CD-S700 to go with my existing A-S500.
Really didn't know what I was in store for until I got everything hooked up tonight.

Old stuff, new stuff, CDs, LPs, it all just sounded new, different, alive. Just kept on listening to different music and it all was fantastic.

I run the CD player through the preamp because the C-4 somehow just makes it sound more dimensional if that makes any sense. I will say this is that modern recordings sound better on modern CD players, at least to me. I have been listening to Chris Standring's Electric Wonderland and it is excellent through this new CDP.

WAY too often. At the moment it's powered by Rotel, but the notes are via NS-670 and NS-690. Sublime

Happens everyday! I work from home and on the desk sits my CR-1020 that feeds Dynaco A-25's. Slaved off the receiver is a Yamaha P-2200 that drive the JBL 4410's sitting under the desk (angled upwards toward my ears).

I often put in overtime just because I'm not done listening yet!

Yup. It's the first time you have that experience that you become addicted.

It has happened a few times to me in the past, but mostly when I was younger and I would upgrade. I kind of thought that I was pretty well over it and then I recently got a pair of NS-40M s and a couple pairs of NS-500M s. They are set up in separate rooms. I rediscovered that "Oh, I wonder what THIS will sound like" feeling again. My system in the basement has a Yamaha CDC-775 played through an EQ-70 powered by an RX-V1070 and the pair of NS-40M s. I also have a YST SW-160 that is just barely on. Though fairly modest in price, this set sounds as near perfect as any I've ever had and I am enjoying it immensely.

Had one of those nights last night. Everything sounds newly smooth and dramatic through my newly refoamed AR-10pis. Nat Cole. Hair metal. Brahms Violin Concerto. Couldn't stop. Thankfully I had an excuse. - making Easter baskets for the kids.

Yup. Happens often enough even without any new elements in the sytem.
Some nights it all sounds so great. Normally I listen for an hour and tubes are perfectly warmed up after that time. On the good nights three hours of listening because it sounds perfect.