Your single most significant purchase mistake?

Nothing.

cleeds

4,177 posts

02-06-2022 5:25pm

Aurender N100H. Unstable, couldn't withstand power outages, factory support that couldn't be bothered to read the user's email complaint. Dumped it at a loss through TMR because I couldn't with a clear conscience sell it directly to a fellow audiophile.

I had purchased the N100H new from my ARC dealer. It wasn't defective other than arguably by design. Ugh.

I think I bought this unit from TMR. This was my exact experience on that specific unit. I way over payed on the front end. I didn't realize I had to pay sales tax on top of it.

I couldn't keep it working for more than 2 weeks at a time. I was constantly on the phone with Arie/Aurender support. Arie was very gracious with his help. I believe I sent it in for service at least 3 times. The last repair they rebuilt the whole unit. I kept it to make sure it worked properly. After that I traded up with an authorized dealer. It ended up okay....but was a horrible purchase and experience while I owned it.

Goldnote PA-10 I ran them as mono-blocks and after 500 hours they sounded worse. Sold them and the guy who bought them loved them. ???

One mans garbage is another mans gold...note.

I love McIntosh (despite all the hate they draw) and still own it, but the MC7106 I bought years ago could not leave my home fast enough. Granted, it was a 6 channel amp designed for HT, but could be bridged to the tune of 320 watts of bad sound for even more bad sound headroom. I'm not sure I would even use it for home theater.