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?
cat_doorman

Showing 1 response by willgolf

Cat ---I just went through that last year. I sold my house and they bought my two channel system.  The good news is that I was going to get a whole new system   The bad news is I bought it in the wrong order.  After having a high end tube amp, I was talked into Class D Mola Mola Amps.  I bought them and never heard them play.  I then went on a journey to find speakers.  Unfortunately, I ended up having a pair of Viking Acoustic Grande Voix Dual Horn speakers made.  Well Class D and Horns do not go together.  I tried to sell the the amps that I never played.  I got impatient after trying for 4 months and no takers.  I panicked.  I ended up trading them to a dealer who cut me a deal on higher end mono tube amps.  BTW he sold the Mola Mola in a day.  To be honest I still do not have the proper match for my speakers but I do have tube amps.  Then I decided to replace my Lumin X-1 which I absolutely loved.  I bought a Lampizator Pacific,  I sold the X-1 but did not get my price.

So the moral of my story is....if I would have taken my time and purchased the speakers first, I then could have matched an amp to them.  But I impulsively bought those damn Class D amps and that was spiraled into many actions I did not need to take.