Your most disappointing purchase or audition?

Tubes105 still won't say when he bought it. I'm done.

Tubes105 also brings up that the most logical reason for any ulterior motives behind his posts are that he is a sleeper agent for another company. Yet he has posted no evidence in his defense of that possibility, so motive is still a gray area. Maybe his story is true, maybe he does have an ax to grind, or maybe he just has something to gain financially.

Sounds like we had better call Mulder and Scully in on this case. ;^)

"Sounds like we had better call Mulder and Scully in on this case"

Now that's one of the best thoughts Brought out on this thread

Knowing how people react to their sacred cows getting kicked, the subject matter of this thread is inherently contentious. I know how this will come across, but here goes... If you can't stomach it, instead of trying to serve as a moderator, you might want to grit your teeth and move on to another discussion. As for me, I feel this site was a lot more interesting and informative back when we used to engage in real (sometimes hot) discourse, which is why I'll defend Charles to the hilt. Though I don't feel he said anything particularly confrontational, I rail against attempts of censorship or bullying.

+1.

Founding fathers of the US Constitution are GENIUSES. When moderators censor posts base on their personal values, it limits freedom of speech and expression. Great example is IRS, they targeted and want to silence political adversaries that doesn't share their believes which should be alarming to all citizens.

Very tired of the Atma-sphere issue here so I will contribute to the theme of this thread.

Major disappointments for me? Thiel 3.6 and 2.3 speakers!!! These were way too analytical to me. Replacing these with Talon Khorus and Talon Peregrine were major improvements across the board. Sadly the pricing game with Talons gave the company a bad reputation. But these speakers are awesome nevertheless for both music and HT systems.

Another was the Audio Research PH3. Way overrated. The PH2 that I had been using for 10 years was vastly more smooth and tonally coherent than the bright and severely colored PH3.

Oh and finally, the Audioquest Diamond ICs. Wow, what a horribly dimensionally flat cable this was! I admit to using the highly tonally colored NBS Statement ICs at the time, but at least these provided the spatial features within the music.