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What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby?

OK so I did steal this term form @lordmelton 

I wandered through midfi.  Surround speakers, 5.1 set ups, eventually getting to Classe Pre / Pro, Parasound 5 channel amp, Bowers and Wilkens Nautilus 800 series speakers and M / K Subs.  Then the best thing ever happened.  My Classe SSP-800 Pre / Pro broke for the second time.  So I ended up getting an Audionet Pre G-1 preamp.  Eureka!  What were your events?

fastfreight
g2the2nd
345 posts
 

To hear what is possible:

- Staked Quads, ML Electronics, subs the size of coffins at Victors Stereo in Chicago

- top of the line MBL demo at CAF

 

for my system:

when my local dealer in 1988 agreed to take back my ProAc Studio 100s and stands plus a little $$ for a demo set of ProAc Studio 3 with ATC drivers. Put my early system in a different league. Still using the speakers.

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jond
6,103 posts
 

Bringing tube amps into repair to my local shop who always sent me home with a better amp to listen to. 

fastfreight OP
1,278 posts
 

Nice @jond .  Just having a local repair shop is special.

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jond
6,103 posts
 

Thanks and they quickly became my dealer also preamp, amp and speakers all built by them.

lcherepkai
311 posts
 

Replacing every fuse in my system with slugs was a BIG improvement in sound.  And the ability to voice my system by using different metals has brought my system quite a bit closer to my ideal at a much lower cost than experimenting with component and cable upgrades.  Unless you experience it yourself, I just don't think most of us realize how much the stock fuses compromise the sound. 

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