Reaching the top and stoping

The top for me was reached several years ago when I picked up a pair of Levinson 20.6 mono amps, driven by a Levinson 26S preamp, using MIT cables to my B&W Matrix 800 reference speakers. I'm sure the newer Nautilus series, especially with diamond coated tweeters surpasses my older models in certain areas, but the overall balance of this system creates the synergy and musicality that is rarely achieved. This is definitely true when playing vinyl on my LP12 turntable with the Naim ARO tonearm and Armegeddon power supply with a Van den Hul custom cartridge. I will eventually upgrade to the newer MIT Oracle line of cables, but the rest is not for sale.

My list of things that I will not sell/trade:

1. John Hogan 6sn7/27/300B integrated S.E.T. amp
2. Audio Magic Matrix (completely custom modified by J. Ramsey/AM)
3. H.H. Scott 222C (completely custom modified by C. Otsby/NOS Valves)
4. Stan Warren custom built chip amp
5. Argent Audio Pursang S speaker cables (with BOBs)
6. BMI Whale Supreme Statement (special custom modified by Brian/BMI)

It took about 25 years to find them, but I think my Silverline Bolero's have found a new, and permanent, home! I just can't seem to fault them. Nothing else is particularily safe if I get bored enuf, but I'm fairly happy with my set up right now. Maybe in a couple of years I'll try to get some more refined electronics than I presently use.

Unfortunately in the pursuit of the absolute, nothing remains at the top of the food chain forever.
Something better always comes along and makes you rethink your standards of what is possible.
That's what keeps things exciting, and most of us on the edge of poverty.
Is there anything better?
Well, the answer I got to that question was, "how much time and money have you got?"

When I was young I used to think such thoughts. Occasionally, now I think I might die before I replace some component, but lacking that everything, I know, will be replaced.

When I got the complete IsoClean system and loved it having experienced more than 40 other ac filtering system, I thought I would have it forever, but it is gone now. The Acoustic Revive RTP-6 is far superior IMHO.

I suspect that my Shindo Labs tt, arm, and cartridge are here permanently, but then there is the Townsend Rock.

Maybe some components, such as my H-Cat P12R x7 will be replaced with newer versions.