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What's the worst high-end set-up you've had?

While stationed in Korea, I had Polk 5+ Jr's placed atop 7ft tall room furniture with one speaker facing southeast and the other looking northwest five inches from the ceiling.
The speaker cables were Monster Livewire automotive, IC's were Monster 400's@$25 a pair(purchased every payday).Akai cassette player, Yamaha C-80 w/parametric EQ and Carver 1.0 amp.
I said I would never need another system again....then I got stationed in Japan.
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entrope
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C-bob,

Unhappily it is also an accurate description of the sound.
entrope
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Krell integrated, Coincident Tech Conquest, Musical Fidelity E624 CDP. So bright and edgy it torn the enamel from my teeth. Skull piercing, ear icepicks where no amount of adjustment or cable changes would tame the sonic pithing this combo delivered.

This configuration lasted one week before I traded the Conquests for Dynaudio 50's and sold the Krell. The E624 is still in secondary use nicely matched with an Electrocompaniet AW70 amp and a Promethius passive preamp.
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