I actually have to force myself to say "this is really good". I sold my Martin Logans in Atlanta last year, hoping to go back and get better speakers then. But I got married and pregnant, and also stuck in Mexico thanks to CNN firing my ass . So, no new electrostatic speakers for me.
I was thinking on asking JMT to make me one of those Althoids amps, since I had some extra money around. Like five seconds after I got JMT response, my wife told me that we needed a new car. I was hoping to get a small one, but somehow I got convinced of buying a new SEAT (It's a Spanish car, very cool, I have to say). I still had some money left for CD's and an MP3 CD player, but I went with my wife to this expo on baby products at the World Trade Center. We ended up with a new bed for the baby, a bunch of clothes and toys, and a 20K a year insurance policy for our baby education.
After that, I still had some money for a few CDs, but my wife decided that we needed a new bedroom, one of those things you put in the kitchen to clean up the air, and a new closet.
So now, I only have a couple Mexican pesos, listening to one of my really old CD's, using my SR-60 and a Headbanger amp. I know I can do better, bu t rigth now I am forced to say to myself "This sounds really good". And I think I am going to have to repeat that at least until the baby goes to college and gets a job.
So, yeap, this sounds really good to me.

(Disclaimer: I am happy with my marriage and impending fatherhood. It's just that money doesn't seem to last as long as I remember)

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I have the RCA CAPS from JUDE and the Velcro strap.


and what do you know.... My source is DCM370 with HD600 too !
(except with xcanv2)

So yes, Hearing is believeing ~!

Tides

I don't know, what got me in recent weeks that really wowed me, was not the "this sounds really good", I had that before, whenever I had the right CD for the right system, no, with my AKG 501 + Headroom Little (using, yes, crossfeed & filter) + my trusted NAD 502 (thanks, MacDEF) I have found myself for the first time getting completely immersed in the music, not a thought about the source, the headphones, the amp, not a thought about this sounds good/great/fantastic, no eargasm because of beatiful highs/mids/bass, just music, completely forgetting about the system. And that is what I want out of a good system. Will I upgrade eventually? Sure, I do read Head-Fi & Stereophile, so there is not a chance in hell of being satisfied forever. But for now, "I don't think about my system at all" is the biggest compliment I can make to any system.

Legoman

When I came home and hooked up my brand new system!
Just bought a really great 2-channel system. Not fully broken in yet, but it´s getting there!

For me, it was after coming home from the HE01 show and beginning to write my long review comparing the Stax Omega2, Sennheiser Orpheus, and Headroom Blockhead/HD600. I just put on my RS-2 which was plugged into my HA-1 which was plugged into my soundcard. Computer sound is definitely inferior no matter how good your soundcard is, especially compared to the amazing system I heard in New York! And yet I just stopped writing for a second and thought to myself -- "I enjoy this rig more than anything right now." I soon got the MS Pro after that, then the Creek 5250, then my speakers and speaker cable. No, it didn't stop my urge to upgrade! Nothing ever will.

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Both!? You are a true audiophile!

When I hooked up my Monarchy 18b DAC and DIP mk.I to my Pioneer DV-333. Put on my grado SR-325's and popped in Radiohead's "OK Computer". HO-LEE-SHIZ-NIT! I wasn't expecting that much of a difference. Of course, I might have the same reaction when I get some REAL cables (AES/EBU and Digital Coax instead of two crappy RCA's).