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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"Kerry":

The equipment that has made me stop looking are the following:

(01). Adcom GFP-750 Active/Passive Line Stage Control Amplifier.

(02). Adcom GFA-545 MkII Power Amplifier (until it died last year...... Replaced with the Adcom GFA-5400, my system hasn't sounded the same ever since..... I may go on the hunt and see if I can locate another GFA-545 MkII sometime soon).

(03). Magnum Dynalab FT-101 FM Tuner.

(04). MITerminator 2 Interconnects and Speaker Cables.

Damn..... That's half of my system right there.... That being said, I guess I am halfway off the "merry-go-round", right????

--Charles--

P.S. Oh yes, you can add my Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures to the mix as well.....
When I got some nice Sylvania 6SN7 tubes for my Rogue 99
amd my Sophia 300B, that was the end of road. I don't know if my system could sound any better, using the current equipment. Audio Bliss.
Maggie 3.6r driven by manley 250 tube power amp and Audible Illusions pre- amp and Super Njoe Tjoeb Cd player
Martin Logan CLS. It comes as know surprise that I vote the Martin Logan CLS.

Physically beautiful. Sonically stunning. Reasonbly priced. When the dust settled most (if not all)of its' shortcomings could be attributed to associated gear. It is the tweakers dream because it reveals almost every change upstream.

It remains the star of my system and everything else is the supporting cast.

Gayle Sanders should enjoy his retirement because he has left quite a legacy.