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Biggest bucks = Satifaction? Hmmmmm...

With a self-classification as "rookie", "newbie", or, best yet, "audio ignoramus", I ponder the signifigant satisfaction fellow members have enjoyed (or failed such) with their highest dollar acquisitions.

Before "The Fever" got me, my biggest buy was a $1k Kenwood rack system bought from Circuit City (jeez, I hated that salesman...but it was Circuit City or Sears, can you blame me?) 10 years ago. That system was fine until I heard a MacIntosh at the local high end shop (just by chance - I buy my CDs there). I was blown away, not just by the sound, but by the cost factor as well. I knew I had to start upgrading, so over the past two years I have, in my humble opinion, built a fine beginner system. My highest dollar buy has been a pair of B&W CDM9NTs, and even though I paid full retail for them, they have rewarded my expenditure twenty-fold, delight to the point that they rank very low on my near-future upgrade list.

How about you? What single audio component most severely damaged your pocketbook, and was it worth it?

Cheers, Steve...
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david99
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I have the Paradigm Reference crap. The Studio 80 v-1's (floor demos) to be exact.Crap sounds pretty damn good to my ears! And yes, I gave you the negative hits.Watch what you say about other peoples choices here.Lots of people feel NHT is crap too but to each their own.The Paradigm Reference series has received awesome reviews,as have many NHT speakers.Peace!
As to the question regarding this thread.My Rogue Audio 99 preamp (new) with phono and NOS Russian 6SN7 line stage tubes and NOS Telefunken and Radiotechnique phono stage tubes and BDR Racing cones #4's for it to sit on hurt the pocket book profoundly and keeps me driving a Hyandai Excel :( I want an older classic black BMW!!!
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