What’s a mistake you made by being impulsive?


I’m looking for cautionary tales to curb upgraditis.

After living with the same speakers and integrated for 20 years, I’ve now replaced everything in the last year. I even have a list of next steps that may or may not be necessary. Like I probably should finish mounting all my acoustic panels before getting a subwoofer. And do I really need a better pre if I only use one source and might eventually upgrade to a DAC with volume control? Did I mention I’m waiting for new speakers to ship? But SET amps sure are interesting and now I want one of those, too.

So when did you make a purchase and then immediately regret it because you decided to go a different direction?
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Showing 1 response by redwoodaudio

I love the excitement of he chase and when inspiration strikes, I often make a fast move, especially if there’s a ‘deal’ to be had. I got hyped on boutique SET amps without knowing anything about them too soon in my audio journey and impulsively bought a $6k demo 211 amp, followed by a $4k matching pre to power my ill-advised klipsch forte iiis (bad match for my room).  I had crappy digital sources then (chromecast, then raspberry pi) and sold the 211 and pre for big loss a year ago before really bringing the system up to their level.  Still curious how good they really were/are.

My recent impulse buys have worked out better (wells audio cipher dac, graham audio ls5/5s), thankfully, because I know more now about my tastes and synergy.  But I like to jump on a deal and probably always will.