as a result of what i purchased due to ASR, here’s a short list of what i did not purchase:
1. KEF LS50, saved a lot of moolah on this much hyped speaker.
2. boutique or name branded DAC. saved even more moolah on this.
3. upgrading my modest yamaha 5ch AVR. after learning and validating my suspicions on how hideous audio performance on gazillion channel multi-feature set AVRs i finally drew the line on this piece of hardware! you buy far too much of which you only use too less! need not say how much moolah saved on this.
4. popular branded hifi preamp, DAC, cd transport, network streamer all in one box. this one is a real huge money saver! potentially a jungle of noise with all the analog and digital sections in coexistence. since i am mostly a spotify junky at best, i finally settled for laptop source, SMSL sanskrit 10th gen mkII DAC, basic analog marantz integrated amp for dedicated 2ch stereo.
cheers to all that savings!