Every make a purchase you truly regret?


Look, we've all done it. We read about that special piece of equipment that catches our eye. Every review seems to be glowing--never a discouraging word. So, after several weeks of reading about it but with no real opportunity to hear it, we decide to "just do it," and buy it, probably selling a vital piece of equipment to afford the new piece.

So we buy the new gear, plug it into the system, and bamm! It just plain stinks! No matter what tweaking we try, we can't seem to grow to like it. Now we're stuck, feeling like a "Class A" chump, another victim of the audio press.

Question: If this situation has ever happened to you, did you try to go back to what you had originally, or did you press on, trying something else altogether? Anyone ever start over completely?

Me? I always seem to try something else altogether, and it's starting to get expensive. However, I'm considering starting over completely. I mean, get rid of EVERYTHING and start from scratch. Any thoughts?
crazy4blues
Yeah, I purchased a Talon Audio ROC 2002 sub from someone on Audiogon. I never received it and it took almost four months to get a refund. Last time I'll pay the manufacturer directly to handle the deal. Pretty disappointing considering I paid for it immediately, but wasn't given the same courtesy in kind.
Mostly wires. Never ever will be looking onto these fancy coating ever again. Pure BS.

Bought VanDenHul Mainstream Hybrid(unterminated wire leftover) lookeed under the snake and it's oxided. Hell with it! changed to homemade from home depot wires.

Boght JPS Labs Superconductor wires compared with Carol Command found no difference so why $300 JPS? Sold them with no regrets. Now speaker wires are $40 top notch great and enough!

Thx god I never got onto interconnect hassle after that. Plain and simple. Will even be simplier when I get MCM unterminated wire and sell base line of VanDenHul and AudioQuest that I currently use on some of components.
Thanks, all for the responses. I have recently "upgraded" from a simple ss integrated to separates, costing me four times as much (used). Is the sound 4 Xs better? Naw. Do I like the system? Yeah, it's nice, but I wonder if I would have been just as happy with my previous set up. I'm not going back, though. I am going to try a tube amp (I've an Aleph 30 now; VTL pre), and if that doesn't give me that audio nirvana we all so ardently seek, then I'll probably buy a used Jolida 102b with some mods and that'll be that.
Fortunately mine was software. I bought a UHQR from a jerk in Chicago who totally misrepresented the LP. Rather than 'mint' it was fair/good. Box was beat up and LP had a skip. $100 was too much for this LP!