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We've all made decisions about our systems that with hindsight we see were not very good. What decision(s) do you regret and would reverse given the chance?

 

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My regret is selling my Arcam A49 integrated amp. One helluva amp that did so many things so very well but I sold it because after buying my Vitus RI-101 (and then upgrading it to 101.2 status) because it was just sitting there unused and I rationalised to myself that it would be better off bringing joy to someone who would put it to daily use. Was sorry to see it go and have regretted it ever since.

 

What's your story?

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I do regret selling my Infinity Renaissance 90 speakers so quickly. They sounded amazing, but had a couple of faults with the grilles which, like Avalon, are an integral part of the design of the speakers. And they ate my Classe Cap-2100 integrated for lunch due to their Watkins dvc woofers. But in retrospect, I could have had the grilles repaired and waited till I upgraded to a Boulder 1060 and modded/re-tubed Ayon CD-5s. Those amps would have been a match made in Heaven with the Rens. But life moves on, and it's all a learning process which is part of becoming a seasoned audiophile.
 

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Simple.  I can't stop buying stuff, and I almost never sell anything because I like all the stuff I bought so much.  Yeah, I'm not entirely well.

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Being seduced by a both highly reviewed and expensive amp without auditioning it before buying. It had neither the power or the SQ that I was expecting and ended up selling it for a used amp that has provided both in spades. Lesson learnt.

 

 

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Judging Brands by Looks and not researching and listening to them.

 

My example is Cyrus, when I got into HiFi I thought I’d never bother even going near Cyrus.

I now have a Cyrus system and it’s exactly the sound I’m after! 
I could of saved heaps of money trying something that at first I didn’t like the look of.

 

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Selling a pair of Energy Veritas 2.8. At the time I needed the cash and space, but they were absolutely sublime and I doubt I'll ever even so much as see another pair, let alone a pair for sale....

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Spending 25 years buying magazines instead of taking out a loan and purchasing a good system at the outset.

I spent 2 and a half decades researching "what's out there?" instead of 2 and a half decades listening to brilliant sound.

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My biggest regret is buying vintage valve gear that didn't work flawlessly for long--and then cost a motza to repair. Hallo Dyna FM3 tuner (still hoping).

 

[Very like my efforts buying second-hand vintage cars (like the Mercedes 300; $10K in fuel line repairs alone--what was I thinking?).]

 

Or trying for hours (days/weeks/months/years) to understand computer and digital architecture in order to produce decent music and sound through my system. A special circle of hell.

 

Uninformed, and unrealistically optimistic. No more. Now I buy properly (convenience and function first) and 'share the joy' of difficulties with professionals first, not last. Time is precious.

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Telling my wife that’s there’s an end to it……

 

I did that 10 years ago and ever since I’ve been replacing the word “end” with “journey” when I mention the next purchase!

 

Luckily a steadying improvement in sound and Visio.n now has her onboard with the “journey” concept! 

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1 minute ago, vinilink said:

Iirc, you used to have Usher speakers, Jeff Rowland amp...🤔

Stalker 😜

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Trying to go cheap/ cheaper and then incrementally up the ladder rather than just buying good gear to begin with.  The other main regret was initially allowing YouTube reviewers influence my buying decisions. 

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Spending $6850 on a pair of  Pioneer TAD SX-1 floor standing speakers.

83kg's of absolute tripe, they just screamed at me. Thought I was getting a raven bargain, but oh! they sounded terrible.

I had years and years of owning lemons, you only have to look under my avatar in the classifieds. Too many regrets to mention.

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29 minutes ago, maximus said:

Spending $6850 on a pair of  Pioneer TAD SX-1 floor standing speakers.

83kg's of absolute tripe, they just screamed at me. Thought I was getting a raven bargain, but oh! they sounded terrible.

I had years and years of owning lemons, you only have to look under my avatar in the classifieds. Too many regrets to mention.

But it’s all a journey so they say. 

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49 minutes ago, maximus said:

Spending $6850 on a pair of  Pioneer TAD SX-1 floor standing speakers.

83kg's of absolute tripe, they just screamed at me. Thought I was getting a raven bargain, but oh! they sounded terrible.

I had years and years of owning lemons, you only have to look under my avatar in the classifieds. Too many regrets to mention.

 

Expensive lessons tend to stick....

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My regret is not waiting to save up a bit longer and buy the item I really want, rather than buying a lesser model that I know will be replaced eventually. I’ve wasted so much money not being patient. 

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replacing all of my front end to realise the brightness was caused by the speakers I had at the time..  (Aslan). Tens of thousands of dollars in turning over CDPs. DAC's, cables (ffs), room treatment....  CH2s changed it all.

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Not using tone control but try to find sound that I like by changing amp, dac and speakers etc. Originally thought that tone control is for non-hifi mass consumers only and audio enthusiasts never use it.
So much easier to fine tune the sound characteristics by using tone control a bit and ignore what other people say.

 

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