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Are You Satisfied?

Consider this a poll. How many of you are actually happy with their existing system and have no plans on upgrading? This thread seems to go "against the grain" of most of the threads regarding upgrading, future upgrades, plans to upgrade, another upgrade, etc.

Are there any of you out there who have actually stopped the upgrading and now just spend their time listening? Not that I feel that upgrading isn't a fun part of the hobby. But, I think it's more a question of, have you finally reached a point where you see no reason to upgrade.

I recently upgraded my complete 2 channel system. This is the first time I have upgraded since about 1985. It took about six months of reading, evaluating and ultimately listening, to approximately a dozen seperate pieces of equipment before making my final purchase.

I could not be any happier. Based on my past performance, I will probably own this equipment for another 15 or so years.

Are there others of you out there that are satisfied enough with you system that you see no reason to upgrade or am I to be considered the "black sheep" or not the "norm"?
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rsbeck
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The problem is this: Once you have reached a point
where you think your system sounds really, really good,
but you upgrade one of your components and find that
it sounds even better -- and in ways that you couldn't
exactly imagine, you are hooked. It becomes hard to
"stand pat." You find yourself wondering what else is
out there that will turn that trick again. It has happened
to me a couple of times. I am really happy with my system now, but I am waiting for the Meitner EMM Labs
Dac6, which I expect will take my system to yet another
level. After that, I may tinker with some cable, but I
believe I will be done for the time being. So, I am happy
with my system now. If I had to live with my system the
way it is right now, I could be very happy. I spend quite
a bit of time listening. Favorite time is after everyone has gone to bed. The house is absolutely quiet, electricity improves, and music just sounds better at
that time.
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