Disappointments


Have you ever auditioned some gear in a shop, bought it because you were thoroughly impressed, and felt it was a total letdown once you got it home? 

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@elliottbnewcombjr No seat belts back then.

And to keep this on topic the Flame Linear was a was a total letdown and meltdown.

 

I will not buy gear without a home trial unless it is fairly easy to ship and return or inexpensive. The room is half the sound.

The room is almost irrelevant when you do near field listening. That's how you test equipment to begin with. You eliminate the room. And if it sounds good then you add the room. Clean wall current delivery is half the sound, and few of us have it these days.

To answer the question. No, no disappointments, I read before buying and before listening, if I can audition it at all. Usually not, I buy mostly used and will not exploit dealers.

I have always learned from the disappointments in life. It is part of life but from corporations that bring that i don't go back for seconds. Enjoy the music and life