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What items have you purchased as a result of ASR?

pozz

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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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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.
 

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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.
 

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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...

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jhwalker

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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 :)
 

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VeerK

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

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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

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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.
 

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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).
 

Matias

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Hidizs S8.
 

NoMoFoNo

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Topping D50s, Modi 3, am in the process of moving away from phono and becoming a streamer. It is no exaggeration to estimate that this site and its denizens will likely save me many thousands of dollars in coming years. ASR is an audio-witchery spell-breaker.
 
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