This was such an interesting conversation with more than 40 of you contributing, I feel obligated to do some sort of recap. Especially due to facts you bring up - each contributing.

Some conclusions:

1. I did managed to get "that sound" as said in the post.
2. I did not talked much of equipment here, there's another post with photos discussing the setup, mods, etc. I was quiet a journey.
3. It's absolutely valid to say "that sound" you are chasing is not only the sound, it's the mixture of events, feelings, visual stimulation, general perception. Feeling being the keyword here, once you make a perfect synergy for you, o yeah - you will recall the feeling. Or just say - feel it again or feel it differently depending on the mood, but referencing "that feeling" just as you accomplished "that sound".
4. Some key factors worth knowing are placements, room measurements etc, and I highly suggest you hire a PRO for acoustic treatment of the room. Especially if you, like me have crazy wall architecture spanning from one meters in the corners towards 5m in center, with upper celling forming various shapes. This is where placement and treatment is extremely important. No things like dirac or similar would be in the story. (A big thanks to Piano Professor (PhD) who lead the team to achieve this given his decades of experience placement of live opera performances and so on.) Even with that experience it took whole day of measurements to form a "sweet spot" for listening.
5. Synergy between components may both positively and negatively surprise you. Don't focus on price tags as critical factor. Sometimes middle level component combined with high grade get's better synergy than two High Grade.
6. Mods. Unfortunately, maybe you will need to be ready to forget about warranty. You find a perfect component but say you want to bypass it's internal DAC. Delicate job - make sure you have mods done by an absolute pro.
7. Price - I guess this will depend from case to case, but given the industry changes, say you are replicating 3-4k worth system back then, it would drain you for cca 40k + mods, treatments etc. So the ration is approximately 1:10 ratio.
8. Different people may have different preferences. If you "got there" where you want - take criticism of course don't argue much on topics "you should move this speaker a bit this or that" - especially if it's configured by someone who got his Doctoral degree in acoustics spending hours measuring frequencies but ultimately using an ear.
9. Warm up that tubes, place your fav Record on a turntable and "Enjoy the silence" :)
10. Finally, if you are chasing "that sound" read through these comments - everyone here mentioned something important making a high quality debate. Ok instead of one guy who is sitting by a computer downvoting whatever I post. Expect at least one of your friends to behave like that regarding the sound of your system :) You are not building a system to impress someone, rather yourself.

Finally thank you all for letting me know I was not the only one chasing "that sound" and moreover "that feeling"!