How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems?

Very satisfied for the most part. It would be nice to test new arms and cartridges, or swap in a test phono amp etc. I guess it's like fancying a bit of strange but hanging with what you've got.

I’d wager that ...at first.. we go for the best we can get -- to. Pushing for perfection.

Then, over time...we finally arrive at --- the least amount of annoyance that we can stand.

That satisfaction, is, quite likely, in the real world... in the long run: not owning and lording it over the grass as a god (as we can never get there), but ...keeping it cut back as much as possible.. and... just letting it go.

That perfection, like the grass, like us, like the world...is a moving target. A rust that never sleeps, if you will.

Where...you will always be mowing the lawn, but it is your outlook that governs satisfaction - not the grass. And coming to understand that, is the key. As you can’t solve the grass. You can only solve yourself.

not totally happy with mine...yet. I have made it as good as it can be for the current investment. And I won't be spending any more on it anytime soon. However, plans are being made for upgrades. The only limitation is money and the time to gather everything together.

Very happy with mine. I stopped buying into audiophile snake oil B.S. about ten years ago. My system is Oppo 203 UDP/ Schiit Vidar amp/ maggie LRS speakers.

Yammy Aventage AVR (used as a pre-pro)  

speaker wires (12ga.stranded copper) and inter-connects are low priced generic. 

Since I became aware of the placebo effect I realized how deluded I was in the past.