What items have you purchased as a result of ASR?

[pacdpm]

xanax

 

[pozz]

xanax

Tech talk and graphs throw me in a state of morbid excitement too.

 

[restorer-john]

Not a thing. I have enough HiFi equipment to fill several shops and several lifetimes.

This is our latest very expensive purchase. 8 weeks old Bernese Mountain Dog. Say hello to Bosley. (Boz/Boz Man/Mr B whatever)

 

[blueone]

Only my ASR donation.

 

[BDWoody]

Not a thing. I have enough HiFi equipment to fill several shops and several lifetimes.

This is our latest very expensive purchase. 8 weeks old Bernese Mountain Dog. Say hello to Bosley. (Boz/Boz Man/Mr B whatever)
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Ok...that's ridiculously adorable.
Beautiful puppy...long and healthy life to him.

 

[RickSanchez]

No great stories so far.

• Indirectly: HiFiMan HE400i. (I found Solderdude's website via ASR, which helped me with this purchase.)
• I decided not to try to upgrade my Grace Design SDAC after seeing the measurements and realizing that putting premium dollars into a DAC for my work system -- where my amp + speakers are pretty low budget -- wouldn't make any difference.

But I have my eye on either a Sabaj D5 or [DAC tbd] + Monoprice THX 887 amp combo for my living room system based on everything I've read here.

 

[BDWoody]

JBL 708p's and 705p's, oh and the 306p mk2's.
Topping. D70, D50s, Dx3 pro
JDS Atom
SMSL M500
Etymotic er4sr

And I just finished ordering something I never thought I'd order...a piece of Schiit...

Freya S

Edit:
Minidsp ddrc-88d
Udio8

 

[mansr]

Popcorn.

 

[jhwalker]

Curious to what degree people use ASR reviews and feedback from the ASR community before buying gear.

For me personally I picked up a JDS Atom, a Topping D30 and a MOTU audio interface based on reviews. The newly reviewed Revel speakers look tempting as well, of course I have no need for them whatsoever.

I STOPPED buying as a result of reading ASR ... as I confirmed most of my existing gear was already performing pretty optimally, and I didn't really "need" better

 

[majingotan]

Wireworld Starlight USB 3.0 cable

Totally not kidding on that one

 

[VeerK]

SMSL M500, Topping D90, Douk Audio XLR switch, lots of Pink Panther figures

 

[Panelhead]

As a gift, SMSL Sanskrit 10th. Nice for price.

 

[AVKS]

Looking hard at a Klipsch Powergate for a desktop setup. It already fit the size profile but very glad to see the rest of the story.

 

[TimW]

Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital, Topping D10, Topping DX7s, Yamaha P-3500S, KTB, Objective 2 amp, MiniDSP DDRC-24, Paradigm PW Link, MiniDSP SHD, Geshelli Labs Archel2, NAD C 320BEE, Allo Boss, Pioneer SP-BS22-LR.

 

[xykreinov]

MiniDSP IL-DSP. Not because of any ASR review of it, rather, what I've learned in general here made me decide on the purchase. It provides so much utility for my use-case, to the point where I don't think there's any other product that'll provide even 3 parts of its utility at the same time (how many there are in the IL-DSP's case would be a long story).

 

[Paul Take]

SMSL SU-8 V2
THX 789

 

[Alobar]

DAC: Schiit Modi 3,
HP amp: Schiit Magni Hersey

 

[Matias]

Hidizs S8.

 

[frogmeat69]

Too many things, but my favorite purchase because of ASR is my RME ADI-2 DAC fs.

 

[MZKM]

Schiit Magni Heresy