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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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ejr1953
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McIntosh C50 Pre-Amp, McIntosh MC452 Power Amp, PS Audio P10 Power Plant Power Conditioner, PS Audio DirectStream DAC, Autonomic MMS-5A Server, Bryston BHA-1 Headphone Amp, Focal Sopra No2 Speakers, JL Audio F113V2 Sub Woofers, Wireworld Cables, 10-ATS Acoustics Bass Traps!
ejr1953
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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

ejr1953
901 posts
 
McIntosh C2500 pre amp, MC452 power amp, Autonomic MMS-5A server, PS Audio P10 power plant, DirectStream DAC, DirectStream CD transport, Focal Sopra No2 speakers, JL Audio F113V2 sub woofers (2), Sennheiser HD800 headphones, Dell laptop iTunes/Tidal/Roon, Wireworld cabling
ejr1953
901 posts
 
My system, with all digital sources, has a P15 power regenerator, DirectStream CD/SACD disk transport & DirectStream DAC from PS Audio, Mytek Brooklyn DAC for streaming MQA, a Roon Nucleus Plus streaming server controlled from my iPad & Android smart phone, a Dell Windows10 Pro machine for iTunes, McIntosh C2500 tube pre-amp, McIntosh MC452 solid state power amp, driving a pair of Focal Sopra No2 speakers, and a pair of JL Audio F113V2 sub woofers, all connections with Wireworld cabling.

It's all boxed up, as we moved from MD to NC, as our new house (with a "bonus room") won't be ready until February or March....
ejr1953
901 posts
 
I think I'm "done" for now, though I might upgrade my disk transport to the new one from PS Audio in the future:

My system, with all digital sources, has a P15 power regenerator, DirectStream CD/SACD disk transport & DirectStream DAC from PS Audio, a Roon Nucleus Plus streaming server controlled from my iPad & Android smart phone, a Dell Windows10 Pro machine for iTunes, McIntosh C2500 tube pre-amp, McIntosh MC452 solid state power amp, driving a pair of Focal Sopra No2 speakers, and a pair of JL Audio F113V2 sub woofers, all connections with Wireworld cabling.
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