What bit of gear have you regretted passing on or regret not purchasing

[Vrajbasi]

Over the years I have gone through so much gear much I was happy to get rid off some I dearly miss for various reasons not only sound could be I just like the design of something in particular and wish I still had it now also my system has changed so would be interesting. I have also had opportunity to purchase many bits over the years but had to decline mainly due to lack of funds or in some instances got nervous.

What are your regrets?

Hifi I wish I had kept

Goldmund Reference
Nakamichi zxl 1000 gold edition
Sugano 80th anniversary koetsu
Airtangent 10b tonearm
Rockport Capella
Rockport series 7000 mk2 tonearm
Micro Seiki 8000 mk1
Micro Seiki 500
Original Audio Note Ongaku
Voyd Reference special two box power supply
Brand new Fidelity Research fr66 sealed box
EAR G88 PREAMP
EAR G52 it was big and gold fabulous 50 valves very very rare now I had this with 549 power amps and impulse H1 horns great set up back then
Forsell Reference Turntable
My first ever Pink Triangle anniversary I loved it with an early graham 1.0
Apogee scintilla amazing constantly blowing up my krell reference power amps but mind blowing
Mark Levingson ML2 25watts
My original audio research sp10 black face I bought brand new from kj west one
An early keith monks cleaning machine purchased for £20 s/h together with a unused boxed 301 for £15



Hifi I wish I had purchased when had the chance:

Rockport Sirius system II
Micro Seiki SX1
Rockport System 111(way out off budget even then)
Continuum caliburn
Airtangent reference
Versa Dynamics Model2.2 turntable

If i can think off others I will add it later

[Barry]

There is nothing I regret passing on, and virtually nothing I regret not buying at the time.

I have fond memories of a Revox G36, bought for £25, and there was a Studer C37 reel-to-reel machine I decided not to buy, which I perhaps regret, but then I would have never used it to its full potential.

[walpurgis]

I've had more hi-fi gear than I could ever remember, but there are only two items I'd like to own again, a Leak Stereo 20 and a pair of Tannoy Eatons.

[Barry]

I've had more hi-fi gear than I could ever remember, but there are only two items I'd like to own again, a Leak Stereo 20 and a pair of Tannoy Eatons.

I did once have an opportunity to buy a Leak Stereo 20 pre and power amp for about £25, but being an impecunious student I couldn't afford it at the time! :doh:

[struth]

My MF A1000.... fantastic amp, and build quality to die for. ... Maybe should have kept the Nakamichi CA5 too... quite liked it, both as a pre and as a phono stage. Speaker wise, my homemade Telefunkens are perfect for me, so wont change them unless I become a millionaire. Already got a great dac and great cans. so those 2 are it I think.

[Old boy]

The only Hifi equipment I miss terribly are my glorious TAD CR1’s ....I don’t regret selling them because the money was redirected for the greater good.

[Frazeur1]

Like others, can’t say I regret much either way, but I did pass on an extremely nice pair of Shahinian Hawk speakers and Sanders Magtech amps to drive them with, all at prices I could kind of kick myself then for not doing. But I am really enjoying what I have now and try not to chase things I don’t or cannot have.

[IHP]

I regret passing on my Leak 12+ and Leak 20 which where mint and Classique rebuilt with all mullards, Radford MA25 pair, STA 25 and 15. Oh, Leak 25 pair.

[User211]

Nothing. Honestly.

I don't really buy much hi-fi, when it really boils down to it. Cheap stuff comes and goes, but not very rapidly, mainly to play with for a while.

I hoard valves, though.

[prestonchipfryer]

Quad 33/303, Rogers speakers, driven by an LP12/Rega RB200/VMS 20 is the only system I wish was still with me. But that is 40 years ago now. :lol:

[Spectral Morn]

I regret not getting -

Oxford Crystal Reference Turntable.

Primare 202 series gear.

Primare 928 series Pre-Power.

Wadia 861 Se CD Player

Pathos TT Reference Amplifier

Voyd Reference Turntable.

Marantz CD12 CD Player

Nakamichi Dragon or CR7e


Regrets selling -

ET 2 Tonearm :doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::( :mental:

SME 309 original non magnesium Tonearm

Voyd Valdi + Rata Torlyte Stand.

Oracle Delphi MK4

Marantz CD85 :(

Audio Innvotions Series 1000 mk3 Power Amplifiers :doh::doh::doh::doh::(

[Vrajbasi]

I regret not getting -

Oxford Crystal Reference Turntable.

Primare 202 series gear.

Primare 928 series Pre-Power.

Wadia 861 Se CD Player

Pathos TT Reference Amplifier

Voyd Reference Turntable.

Marantz CD12 CD Player

Nakamichi Dragon or CR7e


Regrets selling -

ET 2 Tonearm :doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::( :mental:

SME 309 original non magnesium Tonearm

Voyd Valdi + Rata Torlyte Stand.

Oracle Delphi MK4

Marantz CD85 :(

Audio Innvotions Series 1000 mk3 Power Amplifiers :doh::doh::doh::doh::(

A man of taste,Love the ET2 dear bruce tigpen superb rather clumsy arm but boy it sounded good what deck did you mount yours on? I used two wisa pumps in parralel with home made surge tanks using beer barrels and the high pressure manifold drove the family crazy, everyone says the aluminum sme 309 was way better like the aluminium 312, I love the nakamichis I kept mine luckily, the oxford crystal was bit hit and miss owned one with a Sme V sounded boring and flat heard it with an early Airtangent sounded great. I remember the Rata stands had one for my Voyd 0.5 reference. The Audio Innovations amps were way ahead of the game back then.

[alphaGT]

As a teenager I bought a very nice ADC turntable, belt drive with a huge S arm, a thing of beauty! I had to sign, not one, but two paychecks over to buy it! I had that ‘table for years.

Zoom forward about 10 years and I had the itch for a new stereo. I sold my whole lot to a friend for $200. I bought a matching Sansui rack system, in the mid 80’s, and what a piece of junk it was! So I went back to my friend and offered him $200 just for the turntable, hoping to at least get that back, but I was too late. He had traded it for a gallon of paint! That was 30 some years ago, and I’m still kicking myself over it.

Russell

[Wakefield Turntables]

No regrets as such. I miss my Sansui 719 integrated, but I'm always on the look out for a 919 to replace it.

[Spectral Morn]

A man of taste,Love the ET2 dear bruce tigpen superb rather clumsy arm but boy it sounded good what deck did you mount yours on? I used two wisa pumps in parralel with home made surge tanks using beer barrels and the high pressure manifold drove the family crazy, everyone says the aluminum sme 309 was way better like the aluminium 312, I love the nakamichis I kept mine luckily, the oxford crystal was bit hit and miss owned one with a Sme V sounded boring and flat heard it with an early Airtangent sounded great. I remember the Rata stands had one for my Voyd 0.5 reference. The Audio Innovations amps were way ahead of the game back then.

I had the ET2 mounted on my Oracle Delphi on an armboard I designed that solved the slight moving mass issue. It sounded sublime but needs must after I got married I lost my job and needed the money. The guy I sold it to got it on the basis if he ever sold it I had to get first dibs. That didn't happen :steam:
I still have the armboard, but the turntable is now gone as well :(

The Oxford is an itch I would like to try to scratch as I know someone with one sitting unused and unloved for years, but he won't sell it.

I agree re the SME 309, stunning arm with life about it unlike the dead sounding modern version. The Series 1000 mk3s were stunning and I was a total idiot selling them, but circumstances forced their sale.

[Vrajbasi]

I had the ET2 mounted on my Oracle Delphi on an armboard I designed that solved the slight moving mass issue. It sounded sublime but needs must after I got married I lost my job and needed the money. The guy I sold it to got it on the basis if he ever sold it I had to get first dibs. That didn't happen :steam:
I still have the armboard, but the turntable is now gone as well :(

The Oxford is an itch I would like to try to scratch as I know someone with one sitting unused and unloved for years, but he won't sell it.

I agree re the SME 309, stunning arm with life about it unlike the dead sounding modern version. The Series 1000 mk3s were stunning and I was a total idiot selling them, but circumstances forced their sale.

I mounted a ET2 on a Alphason sonata and also a Oracle IV I made a homemade arm board using an old lp12 board for the sonata it was a great deck indeed with the ET2 sounded way better the HR100. I loved the sonata ET2 its was so musical thought it worked better than the oracle. I did own an Oracle Premier thingy with an early airtangent mk1 that was just superb.
The oxford had its problems for sure especially with the rubber mounts I remember playing around with various types of material the best sound for sure was with an airbearing like the ET2 or Airtangents. There was a guy in Ireland who had an oxford crystal airtangent with a Kiseki Lapis and carver amps with some big apogees I think the sound was amazing back then. Think he was a customer of Zeus Audio

The sme 312 aluminium is way better than the 312s in my opinion I still have that and an old 309 in a draw maybe one day you can borrow the 309 to see if it sounds as you remember.

[Damian]

I sold my Marantz CD94Mk2 back in 1995 for £50, that is my one single Hi-Fi regret.

[Primare]

I have missed to buy a pair of beautiful Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor M speakers.
Not once but three times:) Sort of regret it.

[hifinutt]

regret selling a brand new ref 5se !! and a mfa baby ref but there you go . people need houses and you can`t sit there with a 12k amp and have homeless family can you !!!

[Beobloke]

I wish I'd kept:

- A mint, boxed EMI EPU-100 arm and both LP and 78rpm pickup heads
- My Vestax PVT-E2, simply because it was bonkers and I can't find another.
- GLL Imagio IC258TL loudspeakers
- My second ADC Accutrac 4000 turntable. I was made an offer I couldn't refuse for it. I've since bought another but the previous one was mint, boxed and with all its accessories and manuals!

I wish I'd bought:

- A Sony PS-8750 for £130
- The round gimbal SME 3012 with Ortofon SPU at a car boot sale over 30 years ago. I knew what it was, but I was about 14 and my granded and I didn't have enough cash between us. Asking price? £25. :doh: