The Shortest Time you kept a new piece for ??

About 30 minutes a Yamaha M-80 amp . Thought it would be better than my Crown D-150. Wrong!!!Still have the Crown

Come to think of it, I did purchase a Magnum Dynalab MD-208 ''Class A'' Recommended component. It apparently had a super tuner AND a top notch electronics amp by Sim Audio. Turns out this ''Class A'' item had the lower economy Celeste parts from SIM (not the Moon line). Sounded thin and edgy, although the tuner section was pretty good when connected on it's own to another amplifier.

Kept it a whole Saturday afternoon, and begged for the dealer to refund my money. Wouldn't, of course, so he gave me a Sim I-5 in return. Marginally better, but still not a good match. Kept THAT about a week. My purchase of the MD-208 gave me a final and expensive lesson about the mistake of buying gear off the smell of a great review....

PSAudio HC-2.
2 weeks.
Could have kept it for 2 more, since it was from Audio Advisor.

Tried it out while one of the Rogue 120 Magnums was out, with the intent of keeping it for the bedroom since it runs cool.

But it just didn't do it, even when using a 99 Magnum pre in front. AudioAdv did refund my money promptly, and that's worth mentioning.

KP