The one that got away


Is there any gear you had the chance to buy and regretted not buying? Some years back I was offered a Marantz 10b tuner for $600 and passed on it. 

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Sansui AU-X1. I put it in the repair shop. The shop shut down and the guy disappeared and so did my AU-X1.

London Decca Reference cartridge just back from the manufacturer with new stylus and service for $2500. They were $5000 new but I thought I could do better by waiting. It was just before Covid. A new one now is $8500.

@jl35 I had a Sansui AU-9900 that was starting to go bad in one channel and I couldn't find anyone locally to repair it, so I donated it to Goodwill. Somebody got himself a bargain. As I recall, it sounded great when working properly. That thing weighed a ton.

I passed on buying an old REL Precedent tuner for about $700 back in the 1990’s. 

Also a pair of Mark Levinson ML-2’s for about $3000 in decent cosmetic shape around the same time. 😪

 

All of it ,so I want to hear it all. I miss the big city with audio clubs where you can go listen to other audiophile stuff and the creativity they have done. Some day I'll get to go to Chicago to the show as my life has been so busy I missed that inotherwords i passed on it..happy listening and stay healthy.