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Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking?

OK we all know what a merry-go-round audio can be. For those of us who are incessant upgraders, what components have you found that either have stopped or seriously curtailed your search for better?

For me its my Audio Tekne Cables and my vintage Classe DR3 amps (25 wpc high current class A design designed by Dave Reisch in the early days of the company). My Green Mountain Audio Continuum 3s would probably fall into this category, but I would probably buy the next statement models that Roy Johnson builds sight unheard.

Kerry
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psickerson
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Prima Luna Dialogue HP 
Sonos Connect 
Schiit YGGY
Aerial 5T




jafant
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My speakers- Thiel CS 2.4SE.
gcdrum
19 posts
 
Acoustic Zen Crescendo MKii speakers
Ayon CD-3sx 
Pass Labs INT-60
ejr1953
542 posts
 
After 4-5 years of upgrading my hardware, piece-by-piece, to the horror of one of my audio buddies, I think I'm "done" with system upgrades for the foreseeable future.  I've got hardware I really like, "dialed in" to the "man cave", now I'm teaching myself about classical music, which I've enjoyed, but don't have much experience with.
My system:
McIntosh MC452 power amp
McIntosh C50 preamp
Bryston BHA-1 headphone amp
Autonomic MMS-5A music server (coax output to the DAC)
PS Audio P10 power plant
PS Audio DirectStream DAC
PS Audio PerfectWave CD transport (I2S output to the DAC)
Dell Laptop running Tidal, iTunes & Roon (USB output to the DAC)
Focal Sopra No2 speakers
JL Audio F113V2 subwoofers (2 of them)
Sennheiser HD800 headphones
Wireworld cabling

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hbarrel
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11 years. Haven’t changed a thing.

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