Sorry, it’s not me, it’s you?

Not me. Never in 50 years. Almost everything lasts me many years, and I'm happy with it right up to the day something better arrives. Way it should be if you're doing it right, eh?

I was disappointed with a preamp from the beginning. I gave it time to break-in, I rolled the tubes, but it didn't present the sound I was looking for. I wasn’t quite sure about it when listening at the audio shop but I bought it anyway.
I sold it here on Audiogon.

And I regretted buying a pair of speakers which were too bright and fatiguing. I bought them on close-out from Underwood Wally without an audition; no returns. I lived with them a couple of years all the while changing room treatments, rolling tubes and cables. Now they’re sitting in a spare room unused.

We all make mistakes. Some of us just don't want t admit it. My worst was a Transcriptor's Vestigial tonearm. Live and learn.