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?
cody

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Old tannoy 15 incher with a tweeter in the center. This sounded so realistic! I went up to a grand piano, and closed my eyes, and played a few notes, and I had a hard time distinguishing them apart! I had a chance to talk to the famous maestro Jung Myung whun, and he said it sounded better than all the orchestras he conducts! (McIntosh amp + Cd player)

I love the sound for their realism, as well as for their profound spirit they seem to convey in classical music.

There are soft and mushy sounding upscale speakers that sounds glorious, but listening to them for awhile, makes me miss a realistic sounding speaker. I think it would be nice to have a several set of speakers connected by speaker selector like Niles (ebay). Many audio lovers go that rout I heard, coz different music sounds better on different speakers, and buying is fun (the real reason) :>)