Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby?

Of course, it's not exciting because you get wrong things. You need Studer tape deck and master tape dubs !

As for street begging audiophile style, the sign should not be cardboard but vinyl record, and it should say something like - Need funds badly for a new needle !

Putting humor aside there’s some truth to this hobby being addictive and at some point there has to be an end point where you are there and the need to upgrade serves no useful purpose.

OP,

As per definition of the word 'addict'

For addicts, there is no end point. Ever. Except when they have stopped breathing.

You are supporting this fact with the last sentence in your post.

I still buy music but haven't bought any new gear in years. A part of happiness is being satisfied with what you have.

And yet another part of happiness is not being satisfied with what you have and seek out what could be even better.

I traded up to a Shindo/Devore/Garrard/EMT/Auditorium23 system about ten years ago. The desire to upgrade went away entirely. I binned the huge pile of hifi mags I’d accumulated as other hifi was pretty much dead to me. Hobby broken/finished/ complete. I focus my attention these days on that other great money pit vinyl. Very happy