Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them?

I went from three sets of B&W speakers to Tekton. Folks that know me were shocked but to a man, after listening sessions, totally agreed.After years of digital solid state, I tested several higher-end amp configurations. Including very expensive solid state and valve. What ultimately won was a Class D Lyngdorf. Did not see that coming but it did. That said, Nelson Pass amp was a very close second.
Loved analog, then digital, then analog again, but am back to digital as my preferred source. But still love my Feickert table source very much. Again, a close second in my heart and still often used.

I once owned Wilson Watt/Puppy Three's. They did soundstage and dynamics very well, but ultimately they drove me out of the room. Since then I've aged (and so has my hearing) and Wilson has switched to a silk dome tweeter and different voicing. Now I love their seamless, effortless qualities and just bought a pair of Sabrinas.

Schiit Audio. I bought their little headphone amp a couple of years back for my son. So completely unlistenable. I don't know if I got a bad one or what, but it should have never left their grounds. It just really turned me off of that brand.

Schiit Audio. I bought their little headphone amp a couple of years back for my son. So completely unlistenable. I don’t know if I got a bad one or what, but it should have never left their grounds. It just really turned me off of that brand.

Same experience for me.... Unlistenable....It takes 5 seconds....I selll it the day after and never look back to this brand....

I imagine that their newer products were better but i was never tempted to verify, especially after trying another cheap amplifier  that crush them at the same price....

Let me go back a few years....

I had a marantz 8b back in the 70s.   Through my Rogers LS3/5a, I knew I had died and gone to heaven.  Sold the 8b in the mid 80s, Parted with the Rogers around 2000.  I had a chance to listen to both (separately) in the past few years and could not understand what I saw (and heard) in either of them years ago. Hmmm.
Similarly, at that time I could not see what all the fuss about Maggies and electrostats was about.  Now I own Maggies and one of my best listening friends has a couple sets of Martin Logans.  I can’t imagine owning a box speaker again.  But, I still love EL34 tube amps in their modern versions.