Your single most significant purchase mistake?

Wyred 4 sound SX1000 (no R) they were bad. Then I left them on for a week playing a set of speakers with woofers.

Magic. I hooked them back up to a set of my normal monitors (no bass) and left them on. They worked perfect..

Everyone said they were to dark, they were. BUT after a week of being left on, powerful mids and highs with small planars and ribbons.. It was night and day..

I still have them.. 

Regards

Spatial Audio X3. My endgame speakers. So badly wanted these to work out. Sadly, one of the most disappointing speakers I’ve heard or owned.

Focus Audio FS- 888 speakers. Recessed midrange, way too polite. Gorgeous burl veneer though.

Also, De Havilland 845 monos. Simply didn't sound good with any speaker I had.

- Things we bought that were mistakes

I bought an open box Line Magnetic 218a? Mini INT $400.

It had EL 84s. Made no magic at all.

Sold it in a day for what I paid.

Still not clear what went wrong.

- Things we sold that should have been kept

 Altec Lansing M500 Maestro-(Pro version of the Model 19)

- Things we did not buy that we should have

Pair of Quad 2912s for $4k

QSA Violet fuse - 711.00 down the drain. Bright, analytical, and non-musical. Gave up after 2 months and re-installed the stock fuse for 2 weeks while waiting for the SR Purple. The stock fuse beats the QSA garbage hands down and the SR purple version is everything Oregon Papa (RIP) said it was. A game changer at close to one-fourth the cost.