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
musicfirst
Other than the VS VR4jr, I'd have to say the AKG K1000 - I can't imagine sound getting better than this as far as headphones go.
Galibier Stelvio turntable. IMHO, Galibier's product belongs to the rarest superlative class of audio equipment.
Naim CDX2 with the XPSII Power supply, I am done with my fron end. Period. No more. I am complete.

John
Intuitive Design Summit loudspeakers (model PSL 624). I wrote an unsolicited review back in November, 2005, and it's posted on Audiogon. The review sounds over the top, but every word is true. These speakers are just magical.
Absolutely ... Cain & Cain SuperAbbys w/Bailey sub ... with tube amplification ... the most thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying speakers I've ever owned in my 44 years of audio ...