Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking?

There is always " Bigger, Better, Faster" out there but I don't find myself wanting with my Pass X250.5 and Pass X1 Preamp. My Hales, moddified as they are, just sound right. My Talk Electronics CD player is a good sounding player. It's too bad they are not yet strongly represented in my part of the world.
I'd look for their new stuff if it were available.I'm sure with money I could do better but in truth I'm satisfied. Especially when I got over cable issues by putting Cardas Golden Reference all around and Tekline power cables which stopped a lot of searching. I'm playing with toys now but when I want to listen to music in my favorite way I go upstairs to my Pass Hales system.
The Audioengine A5 speakers are a fun way to build a listenable system for the price of an ipod and $325.

MFA Luminescence Pre, MFA Mono M120 Amplifiers. Chapman T-7 speakers comprise the core of my system. I can't imagine replacing the MFA elecronics. Nothing I've heard under $5K beats the Chapmans for overall musicality, although sometimes I wonder what my old Maggies would sound like powered by MFA.

I may upgrade the Rega P5 someday. The Shanling T1000 SE is a very nice CDP, esp. with a WE Tube upgrade to the tube output section.

I'm very pleased with my Anti-Cable speaker wires and for now, Audio Perfection IC's, but will soon experiment with some DIY IC's, made from 20 AWG magnet wire and 28 AWG solid silver. All into basic Neutrik plugs.

After experimenting with a number of different footers, cones, etc, I've found Herbie's Tenderfeet and IsoCups to work most excellently in my system. I am using some DIY feet under the Rega, made from modified Barry units and they do sound much better than the stock Rega rubber feet. I may try BDR 4's under the table.

Overall, my system is very musical and always a pleasure to listen to. What's next, is a serious look at room acoustic analysis and treatment.

Paul4223 said, "Overall, my system is very musical and always a pleasure to listen to. What's next, is a serious look at room acoustic analysis and treatment."

Great idea, what do you plan to do? How are you going to analyze the the room? What do you think is important and why?

Bob

Multicabling: Outperforms any other cable solution, no matter the price.

R2R: Lyrec. Best source of all sources....ever.

Tuner: Tandberg TPT 3001A.

PreAmp: Mark Levinson No 380s

Cassette deck: Tandberg TCD 910/911

CD: Doesn't really matter. Very restricted in quality due to the Redbook format.

Digital format or other sorts: The higher resolution, the better. So far 32BIT / 192 kHz

Speakers: Wilson Alexandria II

Power Amp: Working on it but for sure tubes in my combo.

TT: Working on it but for sure a belt driven well suspended with hanging subchassis in a plinth and straight radial arm

"dolph"

Normansizemore, I too am in my 70s. Frankly, I am still having a ball with audio. I do really need my music, but I also enjoy the quest. I do have to curb by appetite for trying new components that seem to have promise as my income is now fixed although ample and given the times, old equipment is not easily sold.

I still get a real thrill when I experience a great performance that approaches sounding real where I am tempted to jump and shout "bravo."