Can an “audiophile” ever be satisfied with a system?

"Wish I could bring myself to pay $199+ for Better-records White Hot Stampers. Good recordings are the “final frontier”."

With $100K spent on your rig, why wouldn't you spend a little more for a good press? I wouldn't be playing new reissues on that nice setup of yours. You can hear the same thing with a nice digital setup for considerably less.

Unless your taste in music is unobtanium stuff-original Jazz/Classical and much of pre 80's Classic Rock, those same LP's Better Records sells just have to be found through discogs research and bin diving.

Also, I hope its not in the living room with the TV and the coffee table in front of the sofa? If so, it may not be performing up to it's potential. Those Stillpoints aren't gonna replace a dedicated space, with speakers out in the room.

That's a big 10/4, but it won't last 24/7.

I don’t think “satisfied” and wondering if you can do better are mutually exclusive. To me “satisfied” has connotations of a value proposition. If you get the same sound with $50k that you did from $5k then that would be problematic. The sound you are getting can still be fabulous, but it’s hard to remove expectations based on price. The question isn’t so much can I make it better (always), but what’s the best way and how much will it cost?

I think it is when you are most satisfied with your system, at any given moment, is when you want to make it even better. 

If you weren’t satisfied, you may have given up trying.

Yes... since I got Don Sachs' tube front end, the Aqua La Voce DAC, and Spatial Audio speakers in my system.  I am extremely content with my the sound of my system.