What steps forward were actually steps backward?


I'm always fascinated to read about how many "upgrades" were improvements, and that very few were actually disappointing and could be considered a "downgrade". Are we all so knowledgeable and incisive that all our hardware purchases are always for the better?

Who is willing to admit that their "upgrade" was a "downgrade"?
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Audio Research CD2:graced the cover of Stereophile in 1998.After 2 months of trying to burn it in i started using it as a transport only,but "sonic rainbow" as they said on the cover it is not.(good transport though)
Conrad Johnson MF 2500A:i bought a pair for vertical biamping of my Snell type B,but they failed to bring them to life.Light jazz and guitar and vocals are fine but my rock collection was rendered useless after this purchase
Also Theta digital transport was a nightmare,but i cannot recall the transport's name because it was turned back to the store in a day (i believe it was a transport only version of their Miles model)