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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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vermonter
112 posts
 
D’Agostino Momentum Preamp
D’Agostino Momentum 300 mono amps
dCS DeBussy DAC
dCS Puccini SACD/Cd player and UClock
Marchand XM 66 crossover
Shunyata 2000T



springclip4287
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Primaluna EVO 400 Integrated Amplifier
Audioquest Ruby Interconnects
Innuos Zenith MK3 Streamer/CD Ripper
Audioquest Coffee USB
Topping D90 MQA DAC
Rega Planar 2 Turntable
Cable Talk Monitor 2.1 Interconnects
Rega Fono MK3 Phono Stage
QED Silver Anniversary Speaker Cable
Klipsch Forte 3 Speakers


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mahgister
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Sansui AU 7700

Mission Cyrus 781 speakers

Starting point systems NOS dac

All these 3 are the end of my road, not only because they are hard to beat for their price /quality ratio...


But mostly because "anything good" will sound near the top if rightly embedded...But this is another story unbeknownst to most... :)
sro
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for me it's my simple integrated Naim xs2 amp in my second system and the xs3 amp in my living area system. perfect amps for living and listening. don't even think about replacing them.
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justmetoo
381 posts
 
ML326S preamp,
ML390S CD processor used as transport, ML36(S) DAC,
PASS X350.5 and last but not least,
Burmester 961, 3 way floor stander speakers, Transparent Ultra XLR,
Transparent Ref. digital XLR, 
StraightWire WaveGuide speaker cable, (definately NOT in bi-wire fashion).

If my music / living space would be much bigger - maybe, some Wilson Sasha DAW would be something to look out for (in place of another new car? 🤭) 
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Michélle 🇿🇦 

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