What was that one piece of equipment you regret selling??

sunnydaze · « **Reply #20 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 07:38 pm »

Quote from: charmerci on 17 Feb 2021, 07:11 pm

There's the original and the New Philharmonitor. But I usually don't look at hifishark. But thanks. I'll check more frequently.

Sorry, didn't realize there were different versions.

NoDisco · « **Reply #21 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 07:45 pm »

Almarro 318B

zoom25 · « **Reply #22 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 07:55 pm »

Audeze LCD-2.2 pre-fazor in Rosewood.

Sold to upgrade to LCD-3s and didn't like them. Now I have the LCD-2 Classic, but nothing is like those LCD-2.2 pre-fazors.

charmerci · « **Reply #23 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 08:57 pm »

Quote from: sunnydaze on 17 Feb 2021, 07:38 pm

Sorry, didn't realize there were different versions.

It's ok. It's a bit confusing if you haven't been following Philharmonic Audio. There was a single, original pair sold in 2018. (Not to be confused with the BMR version either.)

Tyson · « **Reply #24 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 09:12 pm »

Quote from: NoDisco on 17 Feb 2021, 07:45 pm

Almarro 318B

I have one and I'm never, ever selling it. That amp is awesome.

NoDisco · « **Reply #25 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 10:30 pm »

Took me many years to find a rival. Don’t blame you though.

BobRex · « **Reply #26 on:** 17 Feb 2021, 11:46 pm »

Fried R3s

SteveFord · « **Reply #27 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 12:01 am »

VTL MB250s which I managed to buy back after they shut down the guy's house when he flipped them both on at once.

Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 preamp which I managed to buy back after the guy blew up his speakers by shutting it off in the wrong order.

Stuff that got away for good? Beyerdynamics DT-880 and WooAudio WA6SE headphone amp. THAT is something I need to replace.

NoDisco · « **Reply #28 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 12:41 am »

Have the WA22. It’s been meh for me. Much nosier than I would like. Have a persistent hum in left channel. I’ve reduced it with better tubes, but during quiet passages... It’s also not much better than my Bel Canto, which is much quieter. Frankly I can’t understand the cult following. Woo also wasn’t much of a help either.

SteveFord · « **Reply #29 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 01:12 am »

No issues with the WA6 I had, I really liked it.
It really paired up well with those DT880s.

NoDisco · « **Reply #30 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 01:33 am »

Had an idea. Turned it on and listed to the input transformer...you can hear the hum. There could be an easy fix for this, and I know my manleys don’t like the wall sockets. Could it be I have too much DC on the line? Sorry for the partial thread hijacking.

nathanm · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 03:04 am »

Michel Gyro SE turntable. Now it costs twice what I paid for mine. Cool looking non-rectangular turntables are really hard to come by these days it seems. Unless I am looking in the wrong places.

Rusty Jefferson · « **Reply #32 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 03:52 am »

Quote from: rollo on 17 Feb 2021, 03:28 pm

Absolutely nothing. Every step selling was a step up.

charles

Indeed. Never look back. The one time I bought back a piece of gear I missed it only took a few minutes to remember why I had sold it.

Freo-1 · « **Reply #33 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 04:15 am »

Quote from: Rusty Jefferson on 18 Feb 2021, 03:52 am

Indeed. Never look back. The one time I bought back a piece of gear I missed it only took a few minutes to remember why I had sold it.

Agreed. Very happy with the gear on hand currently. Can't say I would want anything I owned previously back.

JohnR · « **Reply #34 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 01:22 pm »

I guess I'm a sucker for vintage gear, my biggest regret is selling an ST-70 that was a real eBay find. Looked terrible but it was just surface dust, cleaned up immaculate. However, a friend of mine had been bugging me for ages to sell him one and I caved and sold him that one, my last one

Still, if I had it now I'd probably not even use it. I just don't have the space or time for vintage now. My other lesser regrets are similar, like a nice pair of Dynaco Mk IV (painstakingly acquired one at a time), a Leak Stereo 20 and my ESL-57s.

SteveFord · « **Reply #35 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 02:37 pm »

This is a dangerous thread.
It just made me buy a WooAudio WA6 headphone amp with a bunch of spare tubes.

Mr Peabody · « **Reply #36 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 04:04 pm »

I wish I had held onto my Threshold Stasis 300, I loved the look, the sound, and I didn't have that much vested in it. At the time it was just sitting though.

I also wish I had kept an Adcom 5500, the MOSFET's gave it such a unique and quality sound.

krustykat · « **Reply #37 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 04:25 pm »

Not exactly on topic but, in the mid 80's I bought a pair of Mission 780 Argonaut speakers from the Army/Air Force Exchange Service. Stunning looking and it took all the money I had at the time. I bought them just before I got out of the service and never listened to them, I just had them shipped overseas to my home in the US. When my shipment arrived a couple months later, all of my stereo equipment had been stolen out of the shipping crate. I never had a chance to listen to them! To this day I still wonder, but I'm sure that they weren't destined to become my end game speaker.

drmike · « **Reply #38 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 05:56 pm »

sp10 mk11,how stupid was that! kids kept picking up the tone arm and dropping the dynavector m.c cartridge on beat it

mick wolfe · « **Reply #39 on:** 18 Feb 2021, 07:56 pm »

Somewhat off topic again, plus I don't regret it as much today as I did 25-30 yrs. ago. That being said, my worst decision of all time was selling my JSE Model 1 speakers. It took me years to find a speaker that was as satisfying.