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The one component that you wish you had not bought

Most of us have a component that we spent good money on and then wished that we had not bought.
In my case, it was a Musical Fidelity X-Can V3....which I mistakenly acquired after reading a rave review by
Sam Telling....( yes, I know...that was pretty stupid!). 

What is the one component that you acquired that quickly went back on A'gon?
daveyf

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lewm
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I'm sorry,
I cannot answer that question in a public forum.
Good question, though.

They weren't "terrible", but I did not like the Sumiko Blue Point or Benz Glider (first version) cartridges very much and was pleased to be rid of both.

lewm
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Re the Crown IC150.  I never owned one, fortunately for me, but it was notorious back in the 70s for great measurements and lousy sound. It was also unreliable, IIRC. Similarly, Julian Hirsch was notorious among audio cognoscenti for worthless BS reviews; his opinions were based pretty much only on measured specs, obtained in the "Hirsch Lab". Do you recall the Phase Linear amplifiers, with .0000000001% THD?  Got down that low by the NFB method.
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