“Why do you keep wanting to improve on what you’ve got? It sounds perfect to me as it is”. This is the missus speaking when I’m feeling a bit critical of my set up. When I get the upgrade itch it’s usually about my speakers, a pair of Musical Fidelity MC4s bought second-hand 30 years ago. They’re slightly scruffy having moved home with me 3 times. They sit on Soundstyle tripod stands, half-filled with iron filings. Feeding them are an equally old pair of Van den Hul Clearwater cables that resemble fire hoses trailing across the floor. And I think, I’ve been reading all the reviews, loudspeaker design has come a long way in the last 30 years, there’s bound to be something out there that’ll give me more detail, more bottom end, more magic, more…whatever. And tonight I’m spinning some even older vinyl – 50s / 60s albums by Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Bill Evans and Eric Dolphy and I’m sitting here thinking, wow, that sounds luscious, really fantastic, the missus is right, why am I even thinking about changing them? So they stay, until that upgrade itch needs scratching again…