I simply wish that what I write isn't taken as some sort of instruction to be followed... it's JMO, always was, always will be. That this has to follow what I say is absurd...

And while I DO believe that, if you feel the need to upgrade constantly, it IS likely that you haven't exhausted the possibilities in what you currently have, who says that you HAVE TO exhaust them? I certainly don't want to suggest what you should or should not do. As chas quite rightly points out, if we all kept our arrangers that length of time, the industry would be in FAR worse shape than it already is!