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Ever lost desire to listen to your system because

I recently had an SACD player in my system for about 4 weeks. It was an improvement over my CD player in terms of transparency and musicality. It developed a small buzz in the transport so I took it back. Since I've returned the SACD player, I've basically lost the desire to listen to my system. The "magic" is gone because I've heard the system sound much better that it does now. Anyone ever had similar situations? How did you (or how do you plan to) recover from the trauma? My plan is to buy the SACD player again. Just waiting on some money.
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bishopwill
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This is why I have completely given up on analog. I had an analogue system for years that was at or near SOTA for the time. And a large vinyl collection.

Now, after years of digital of increasing quality, I find that I simply have zero tolerance for surface noise. I know that lots of vinylphiles claim that surface noise is a non-issue but for me it just isn't that way. All it takes is a couple of tics, pops, or crackles and that's it, I'm done.

Just a personal idiosyncrasy, but one that certainly helps me to understand your situation.

Hope you get your new gear back soon!

will
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