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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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luxudeserve
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gaku-on amp: beautiful, natural, effortless sound
gregadd
574 posts
 
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.
jaakan
4 posts
 
B&W 800D driven by Krell 300i.
Quad 988 driven by MC12 + LX-5 + RT-10 + Marantz 720p DLP.
barney1010
11 posts
 
Joseph Chow from Audio Horizons power cords. Very neutral, and just the most natural sounding cord. So I screwed it up and added Oyaide plugs, this has been a huge improvement, along with his amazing Dimension interconnect. This interconnect beat out the Acoustic Zen Silver Matrix for my cd player to pre-amp. I could not get Joseph to sell me another dimension interconnect as they are still in design stage....but WOW!! I kept the Zen Matrix Reference ll for the amp/pre-amp connection. Also my AR Classic 30 loudspeakers, I still love my BAT cd player, but I would buy Joseph's tube DAC in a second!
hobby
40 posts
 
Theta Citadel monos and Aerial 20T speakers. An awesome combo!
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