I've been at this for a very long time and am now happily sitting with a pair of ATC SCM20psl mk 2.
But some things have changed. I'm older, listen at much lower levels than I used to, and back to where I literally started -- listening quasi near-field. I'd forgotten how cool this is and the ATC's are great speakers for this.
Also, over time, and at a certain quality level, you begin to realize that things are not necessarily better, just different.