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

After I finally found a great used Woodsong Garrard 301, I was inspired to upgrade my entire system.
After 49 years of building up, am I finally off the merry-go-round??
Or are the improvements never-ending??
Now coming a new Triplanar tonearm, SRA platform for the 301 and Stillpoints for the preamp.
What’s left? New cartridge? New TV? Think the clearly endless quest is buying LPs!
Hope I am satisfied. Got a lot of great deals on new and used stuff but adding it all up puts me up to over $100K!
mglik
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nonoise
10,903 posts
 
That's a big 10/4, but it won't last 24/7.
cat_doorman
237 posts
 
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?
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bkeske
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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.
whitestix
720 posts
 
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.  
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