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Dream vs. Reality - What have you bought?

Just curious about how Audiogoner's have gotten to where you are.  What systems have you heard that really seemed worth outrageous fortunes, vs. what did you end up with?

You wish you could buy ..... X but being more expensive than your home, you bought Y instead and feel you got close.
Is this you, or are you "I heard X and never heard better." type of listener?
Also, considering that some speaker systems are enormous, do you really think they'd work in the home you have?
erik_squires

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Remember that 2C3D System on the cover of Stereophile? It was Avalon Eidolons, Spectral monos/preamp and MIT cables designed specifically to match them. I fell in love after demoing them at Overture. Over a couple of 1-2 hour demos, I was totally in awe, but too costly for me. So over a year+, Terry at Overture collected trade-in pieces for me...the Avalon Radian HC, the stereo version of the Spectral amp and 2nd Spectral preamp, MIT/Spectral cables. After so long a wait they delivered and setup the system in my home. It took less than a month for me to load it all in a van, drive 3 hours to Audio Connection and dump in all in favor of old Quad 63USAs and a bunch of tube gear that together satisfied me for years. 
Be careful what you ask for! Cheers,
Spencer
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