Which components knocked you out on first listen?

Some components will knock you out on the first listen but that is not nearly as good as the component that keeps knocking you out time after time after time...

In my case, my first inital listen to those "knock-me-out" components lasted most of the afternoon. I was so impressed that I came back many times to have more of those "knock-me-out listening sessions. Thank goodness that the dealer liked me or he probably would have asked me to leave sooner for being a tire-kicker. If I wasn't so broke at the time, I would have bought the entire system in a heart beat. I used to have wonderful dreams about those listening sessions for many years thereafter, and even today, 30 years later, I still have fond memories of those times on occasion.

when first heard viva audio products I shocked with realism and I was in the same company with the musicians.
I have and had many big audio "high-end" machines but viva audio lifted my system to new ground for me.

Few, but in order of appearance, not a system.

THIEL CS5's Circa 1989
Gryphon Callisto Integrated Amp
Sound Lab A1
Goldman CD player at the 1999 CES
Pipedreams 24's (set up correctly)
John Tucker's CD Player

Larry

Soulution 700/720 preamp/power stage combo. Stunning. No words to describe. As simply as that.