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Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking?

OK we all know what a merry-go-round audio can be. For those of us who are incessant upgraders, what components have you found that either have stopped or seriously curtailed your search for better?

For me its my Audio Tekne Cables and my vintage Classe DR3 amps (25 wpc high current class A design designed by Dave Reisch in the early days of the company). My Green Mountain Audio Continuum 3s would probably fall into this category, but I would probably buy the next statement models that Roy Johnson builds sight unheard.

Kerry
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dpac996
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InnuOs Zenith Mkiii Roon Server
Innuos Phoenix USB reclocker 
Luxman C900u preamp
Pass Labs X0.8 series amps (assuming everyone ok after this crisis I’ll attempt to trade in my INT 250 for X350.8)

Dynaudio Confidence 50 loudspeakers 

These are all in my done forever group.

Chord TT2 DAC is fundamentally amazing and will likely enter above group assuming I have a place to plug it in after this current health crisis. 

Be well friends




lancelock
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Cerious Technologies Graphene Matrix Cables. I stopped after trying many.

Linear Tube Audio amplifiers or any of David Berning’s amps. I’m done looking for tube amps.
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vermonter
112 posts
 
D’Agostino Momentum Preamp
D’Agostino Momentum 300 mono amps
dCS DeBussy DAC
dCS Puccini SACD/Cd player and UClock
Marchand XM 66 crossover
Shunyata 2000T



springclip4287
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Primaluna EVO 400 Integrated Amplifier
Audioquest Ruby Interconnects
Innuos Zenith MK3 Streamer/CD Ripper
Audioquest Coffee USB
Topping D90 MQA DAC
Rega Planar 2 Turntable
Cable Talk Monitor 2.1 Interconnects
Rega Fono MK3 Phono Stage
QED Silver Anniversary Speaker Cable
Klipsch Forte 3 Speakers


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mahgister
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Sansui AU 7700

Mission Cyrus 781 speakers

Starting point systems NOS dac

All these 3 are the end of my road, not only because they are hard to beat for their price /quality ratio...


But mostly because "anything good" will sound near the top if rightly embedded...But this is another story unbeknownst to most... :)
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