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Decisive moments your your audio journey

Have you had any truly decisive moments in your time in this hobby? 
 

I would have to point back to the first time I ever heard Magnepans, it was a “whoa what was that moment?” moment. That was in the 1980’s. It was the first time I ever truly heard reproduced music that got the midrange right, without it being squished 

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grinnell
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A colleague asked me about a McIntosh amp her great aunt had left her because I was mechanically inclined.  Right after that there was a NYTimes article on tube amps ( 2006/7).  Got a wild hair bought a used Primaluna PL2 int amp and never looked back.  Had about 100 albums from college and just started to build.  all tubes except for the CDP which I route through a tube DAC :) and have eadded about 1500 albums since

jl35
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I had that Magnepan moment also...also stumbled upon the Levinson HQD System in New haven, 1979 or so, same week as Magnepans...

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coralkong
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I recently purchased my first pair of open baffle speakers (Emerald Physics Carbon 2.8’s)...For me they are game changers.

 

 

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