Your single most significant purchase mistake?

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Rogue M150 monoblocks. I had both cryoed KT 6550 and EL 34 tubes, Harmonic Resonance boards + Stillpoints and Risers high quality PCs, DHL Silversonic XLRs, HQ PLC, 20amp dedicated line. No matter what I tried they sounded rolled off. I was told by the company I bought the tubes from the problem was their choice of transformers

Schiit JOTUNHEIM R ( the only alternative other than the Rall interface box or the Raal  HSA1b which I already have on another system ) This piece of. Schiit malfunctioned as soon as i attempted to power it on .I attempted to talk to customer service or technical assistance  which is impossible because this schiity  company does not have any. You have to use emails that they do not answer .I. had to initiate a PayPal complaint to get my money back and send it back .This company has miserable quality control and it is obvious they do not check equipment before shipping .Normally I would take a chance and ask for a replacement item in exchange but I would never dare deal with this company ever again!!

Kinergetics Inc. CD Player and Class A 100W SS amp, the late '80s. The CD player just died 1 month out of warranty - sent it to the worthless Tony DeChirio and his lying sidekick Susan Tate who said they couldn't fix it - too bad!. Amp was nice but the fan noise was loud at all times. De Chirio evidently is a scam artist who has gone thru a number of companies - hope he got what he deserved! Pre-internet our remedies were limited.

@slovett At one point I owned a Proceed HPA 2 amp; I thought it was pretty good but it died at one point and needed to be serviced. The company repaired it at no charge, which I thought was great. As best as I can recall, I eventually sold that amp when I decided to explore the world of tubes. Th tube fascination lasted a number of years-