When did you know it was time to upgrade your system, what made you do it?

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Hello folks,
I hope everyone is doing well. I'm writing this from my theater room which doubles as a listening room. It's become my favorite work from home location. I'm curious what piece of tech or advancement in tech made you upgrade your system, and how big of an actual difference did the upgrade make?
 
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That's a really good question. I've upgraded quite a bit over the last couple of years. I would probably say what made me upgrade my processor and speakers was Atmos and Dirac Live ART. Atmos created the need for more speakers and a processor with more channels. Then, DLART caused me to want to increase the size of my subs and add more as well. I'd say those were probably the most significant upgrades that created substantial improvements in surround sound and sound quality.
 
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For me it was year ago when I started by getting an AVR that could do HDMI. I was then able to ditch the HDMI switch I was using to send the video to my EPSON EMP-TW700. I was projecting onto a 92-inch homemade screen. This made a nice difference from a convenience standpoint.
After that, the next big jump started around 2016 when I began to put together my current 7.4.4 system which came together over the years. The current system is comprised of the Pioneer Andrew Jones Elite Speakers with the Atmos modules built-in. 4 SVS SB2000-PRO subs. Pioneer Elite SC-99 AVR with an additional AudioSource 2 channel amp to drive 2 rear surrounds. A miniDSP 2X4HD. Epson 5040UB with an Elite Screen 100-inch borderless screen. Nvidia Shield 2017 and SONY UBP-X800. Obviously, there is newer gear out there, I'm just not sure that there is any change in tech that would make big enough of an improvement in my room at the moment to warrant an upgrade...what am I missing out on?
 
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i only upgraded once the unit I had died and was beyond repair.. Units are expensive so I can't update so fast.
My receiver finally died so I am looking at another receiver now. The current one lasted me 13 years.
 
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