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Your most disappointing purchase or audition?

I've had a few.

bought a Naim Nait 3. Loved it in the store. Returned it within a week- way forward at home

Brought home some CJ preamp to audition perhaps 22 years ago. Noisy as anything and a turn off transient destroyed a tweeter (though years later i bought a CJ 17LS2 which I thought was the finest preamp I ever heard in my home)

Auditioned a VPI table (HW19) in a store- the store just could not get the belt to stay on. Bought a Rega instead. This was in perhaps 1990.

Fortunately, I never really experienced buyers remorse say 6 months or more after settling on a piece of gear.

Finally, there have been too many speakers that got stellar write ups which I just didn't care for.
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johnto
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Emotiva upa 1L mono blocks these amps blew about 7 times trying to power my Magnepan 1.7 speakers.
I had expected much better since they were rated so high in wattage at both 8&4 ohms.
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roxy54
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I've had a few bummers over the years. The two biggest disappointments that come to mind are the Pass Labs X250.5, and the Reference 3A De Capo.
secretguy
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When I heard Harbeths. My thought was "THIS is what all the hoopla is about??"
johnto
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Just wondering whats the problem with the Pass 250.5 I have the 250.8 and think it's awesome.
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zavato OP
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“Just wondering whats the problem with the Pass 250.5 I have the 250.8 and think it's awesome.”

My question as well. The 250.8, with my speakers, is Ah-May-Zing! 

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