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Which components knocked you out on first listen?

I've been listening to stereos since 1973 and I am still waiting to be truly knocked out by the sound of a component. I have sat in showrooms across the country and have been pleased by what I have heard but never truly blown away.
The closest I came was when I listened to a Meitner str-55 amp and VTL preamp a few years ago, sourced by a Linn Ikemi and Revel loudspeakers. However, I also have been moved by a
Apple computer cd drive, circa 1994 through a Creek 4040 and RA Lab speakers, estimated cost about $1,200; maybe more so than the Linn,Revel 10K system. How about you?
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dannylw
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Bose 901 with Macintosh amps. (I'm old)
Hill Plasmatronics
Beveridge Model 1
Stax Class 45 watt per channel amp with Dahlquist DQ10
Infinity Beta with Audio research
Apogee Scintilla with Krell
Sequerra tuner with Stax Lambda phones
Pass Labs 30 watt single ended
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It was a Stax Class A with 45 watts per channel. I had heard the DQ10 many times before but never like that. The speakers finally lived up to the articles I was reading. And just for the record I had an SAE 4C for a long time. I no longer own the SAE but it still doing daily duty.
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