The one component that you wish you had not bought

McIntosh MVP-871, bought as a demo unit at Magnolia A/V. It never worked right despite two trips to their repair facility. McIntosh had refused to offer any warranty as it was too long out of production. I see McIntosh universal players for sale often for substantial discounts to MSRP. When I inquire why, I usually find that they have been repaired/refurbished by McIntosh. Don't get me wrong, I like McIntosh but they don't seem to have perfected their players to the same degree as many of their otherwise fine products. 

Interesting to see the Wadia WT 2000 on this list. I saw one more than 20 years ago and always wanted it. There were a couple on Audiogon a year ago but I just couldn't pull the trigger on something almost three decades old. I feel better already.

pdreher,

I almost bought a Nu-Vista 3D CD from a recycler this week. Couldn't believe it was at a recycler, (but I digress). Listened to it briefly and thought it sounded OK, maybe even better than OK. Anyway, during my second demo it started to skip slightly. I was done with it at that point. Strangely, I did buy an immaculate Pioneer Elite PD-65 there which I'm using with a Benchmark DAC 1. Great combo!