your most memorable component

My first tubed preamp, an Air Tight ATC-1, I never knew at the time that a preamp was so important. Now I'll never go back to ss for a preamp.

Mark Levinson 333. I was running my Thiel CS3.6 speakers on a much less powerful SS amp. I learned my lesson...

My most "recent" memorable component ... Marchand XM126 Crossover. I have been biamping my rig since forever and have heard many times that you need an external crossover to fully realize the potential of biamping. Never got around to check that out. Then one day, I was browsing the 'Gon and saw an XM126 for sale. I thought what the heck, if it doesn't work out, I can always sell it ... It made such a huge improvement on my system I am still recovering from the shock ...

Linn Universal 1.1 player. Gave my CDs incredibly more detail, clarity, and air. A great piece of equipment.

Looking into my crystal ball, they will be the George Wright AU-15 2A3 15W push/pull triode amps we just heard. George is on a run through CA, visiting dealers who sell his products, and was kind enough to stop by and let us hear his new 15W EL84 integrated, which is plays far beyond its $1600 retail price would imply. We then heard his AU-15s, which were unquestionably in the top-3 amplifiers my wife and I have ever heard. I'm talking an hour of non-stop goose bumps. Incredible.