Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby?

Not "rock bottom" (per author) in my journey, rather, mountain top for me. No desire for improvement to my rig as I’ve assembled gear over the years and have reached my goal. I am a lucky dog as I’ve run out of money anyway. I spend my pennies strictly on music now, and having a blast doing so. 

I think discovering good new music is where money should be spent. With that being said, I have wasted a lot of money on music that isn't that good. This can be said for poor vinyl pressings that seem to be common these days.

I was catching up on my back issues of Stereophile when I came across this article.   I believe this sums it up. 

https://www.stereophile.com/content/audiophiles-dilemma

@mksun 

Read part of that article and it hits home. It’s a craving for something new, not necessarily better, that is behind the urge make a change.

I’ve reached the point where I’m bored with audio gear.  Have a room full of excesses, like 20 pairs of speakers, a few amps and preamps, etc. and the excitement I used to feel when I saw all my gear is pretty much gone. Trying to downsize, but the market seems slow, especially since I won’t ship any of the larger items.

I’ve gone through two cycles (I think) of stepping away from audio but I don’t recall them to be because the gear totally bored me. Other reasons were involved, as I recall.

This go-around feels different.