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

@hilda45, I think we have a misunderstanding? I just think that "good enough" has to be interpreted on an individual basis. My version of "good enough" does not care about price. So my version seeks the best possible design which I probably can not afford, at least yet. Consequently I always have a "best system" in my head which evolves as new equipment is released. I do find it interesting that my "best system" is nowhere near the most expensive system imaginable. Last I checked it was $350,000 a mere pittance. Off the merry-go-round? I seriously doubt it. Does it matter while I am listening? Absolutely not.  

I get to a point where the feeling is “how can it be any better?” and “good enough is good enough!”.
Then I make an improvement like changing out a couple of tubes in the phono stage of my preamp for $25 NOS... the improvement is marked and significant. More detail. more presence! Now I am waiting for a SRA platform for my TT. According to my latest audio guru, Ralph Karsten, this is a very significant improvement. And following his lead, will soon have a Triplanar arm replacing my Ortophon RS 309D arm. I expect that this will be a huge change.
A $3500 arm for a $7500 one. At least, I will love to look at it and love picking it up and placing it in the run in grove! Is there an element of hearing an expected outcome? Sure. But IME, leaping up to the next level of sound reproduction is real and exciting. And sure, the rush of something new fades. But the enjoyment of hearing more deeply into the music remains.

i know several audiophiles whom are very satisfied with their systems of late

having been laid off due to covid seems to have improved their hearing - not to mention their appreciation of their systems!   :)

After many decades of trying this, that, and the other, I have been closing in on extreme happiness with a very simple system
* Source Oppo 105 with updated power supply section* EVS 1200 dual mono AS1200 modules with lots of mods (BUT, am in anticipation of hearing a LSA Voyager GaN amp)
* Emerald Physics Open Baffle Speakers (currently 3.4s, which are amazing with most music, but in my 20 x 35 x 12 room some music needs more bass. To resolve that I am expecting 2.8s today. Same 12" concentric midrange plus 2 @ 15" carbon fiber woofers per side* Core Power 1800 for cleaning up the electric power
* WireWorld Series 8 speaker cables and Interconnects* TekLine Power cords+ 4 Argent Room Lenses

@mglik a "huge" difference, no. Noticeable? Probably, but for sure the Tri Planar is a very cool arm and well designed. Nothing like pride in ownership. Next you need a pair of Ralph's MA 2 amplifiers:)