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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I see the bowl is being mixed up again, I suppose it's entertaining as long as all of us get along, no harm done.
@ charles Yes sorry I meant to say *initially* he wasn't getting a fair shake. dashed off that last sentence too quickly!
Tannoy DC8T, Usher Dancer II, Magico M5, any Kharma speakers, any LUA amps, Avantgarde speakers go TOOOOOOOOT
Magico Q5 (dead, lifeless, thin, analytic and far away from a reproduction of a real sounding tone)