Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable

B&w 800 matrix, Could never afford them new.

Had the 801's several versions just never got the needed spl  levels out of them

Contacted B&w and actually got a reply about using 2 pair of 801 (one pair upside down) they said wouldn't be much louder.

Well got the 800 matrix here now ( Had to rebuild the Midsection as It got lost in transit years ago)

Whole different animal. Found a Pair of Golden Flute Bass alignment filters for them :)

The converse of this oft-experienced scenario is lusting after "this year's model". 9.9 times out of 10, "this year's model" will become the old has-been you can not believe you once lusted over. Krell was once CH Precision. CH Precision will become the next Krell. And on it goes. 

The solution is simple-stick with the classics-the audio equivalent of Brooks Brothers/Armani-and unless you have more money than you can burn and no desire to support others, avoid audio-nervosa. 

Being a jaded audiophile is not particularly fun but it does provide a sense of secure, confident wisdom. 

Ask anyone with a pair of ML No.33's and let them tell you how much those recaps costed! Amazing amps in their day however expensive to repair and they do require repairs fairly often compared to other amps. 

After hearing one, I lusted after the Classe DR3 VHC for some years.  Eventually, over time I acquired three of them (that's just over 2% of the total production).  I have them in two systems, but run a tube amp in my main system.

When I lived in the UK I lusted after a Krell KAV300i. It was popular in the audio press and I really, really wanted one. It was 3500 GBP back then and I couldn't justify the cost. 

When I moved to the USA a few years later I found an open box 300i at HiFi Heaven in Green Bay WI and snagged it off Jim for $1700. With the exchange rate, it came in at less than a third of what I would've paid back in blighty.

The amp was a POC and I couldn't wait to dump it. Be careful what you wish for and lust after ;)