Still the demons of GAS pursue me

I had an experience in the late seventies of a similar nature. I went to a local shop that was demoing a new ADS digital delay system. Honestly, it absolutely blew me away. The collapse of the sound field was so startling when it was turned off. That was a thing I lusted after and could never really afford.

Now days, many audiophiles consider such tampering with "purity" with disdain. i thought it was the best thing since sliced bread at the time. Now, such systems, especially in home theater and room correction or cheap and plentiful. Ironically, I no longer have the burning desire to have it,

@eurorack 

Was it a Soundcraftsman by any chance?

@roxy54,

No not Soundcraftsman. I do not want to tell the brand name because there is the chance of offending some members; besides, my thinking is that this could happen with many different brands from years ago.

I'll say SAE

Ifyou are into digital the issue is not getting the basics right for example 

you should have a modem router combo to start , the agood LPS power supply going to the router for these wall warts are $5 pieces of noise and digital from house to house brings noise  ,fiber optic sucks the life outof music 

you need a quality Ethernet switch Ansuz  and others sell them around $2500 and up, and good Ethernet cables ,the one at the endpoint most important .

for $400 Sablon makes a verygood one for the money .for example. ,even witha goood dac until your address these weaknesses then you-will not get that vinyl type  sound ,dac should be at least $4500 on up if you want true reference quality sound .I go to many audioget togethers and finally got the message ,no short cuts Allowed !!