When is your Hifi good enough?


Just wondering what makes people tick in regards to determining when things sound "good enough"?

For me I have a vision in my mind of how things should sound based on what I have heard over the years.  Once it sounds that way, I am done.   I can still enjoy listening to other sounds or sounds that omit some things I might want otherwise but if I do not get regular samplings of "that sound" I probably start to wonder.
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For me:

As long as I smile when the music plays, I am happy.

As long as I don't feel like doing something other than listening, I am happy.

As long as I have other financial burdens in life that take priority over indulging in new gear just for the sake of upgrading, I am happy.

As long as I can listen to a poor-quality recording, and hear through the flaws, and instead feel like I am hearing what the artist and recording/mastering engineers were trying to accomplish, I am happy.

As long as any music I want is available in at least one format that my system can play, I am happy.

And, yes, I am happy right now, and have been since my last audio purchase in 2013.