Hi-Fi that has not met the initial expectation placed upon it.

[Native_bon]

Mains cables. most of them do not work. Made my system sound worst. Only when I invested in a proper main conditioner did I notice how bad the cables on thier own sounded.

 

[matthewpiano]

I'm with PP. The Arcam A70. After the A65+, which was a cracking little amp, the A70 was a spectacular ****-up by Arcam. Flat, insipid and quite frankly boring. One of the worst amps I've had the misfortune to own and it could/should have been so good.

 

[plastic penguin]

The only piece I've owned and deeply disappointed in was Grado headphones. After so much hype, awards, adulation, so they were purchased on a whim... oh boy it's hard to describe the disappointment. To me they are headphone quivalent to Cyrus...

 

[Crocodile]

had you bought it? or just demo'd it?

Bought online & returned under DSR, which apparently places me somehwere between Adolf Hitler & Gengis Khan... :rofl:

 

[SteveR750]

had you bought it? or just demo'd it?

Bought online & returned under DSR, which apparently places me somehwere between Adolf Hitler & Gengis Khan... :rofl:

lol

 

[BenLaw]

had you bought it? or just demo'd it?

Bought online & returned under DSR, which apparently places me somehwere between Adolf Hitler & Gengis Khan... :rofl:

Between?!

 

[plastic penguin]

Oh, and early Cambridge amps. Once purchased A5 from Richer Sounds, sounded dreadful. Only kept it two days...

 

[the record spot]

Discovering first hand that the £250 Onkyo TX-8050 stereo receiver sounded like a £250 stereo receiver rather than the giant-slaying beast it was being hyped up to be.

Hyped up to be? Who hyped it? Sounds like an excellent bit of kit to me and I've heard plenty. Your ears might be letting you down. Or the rest of your system, whatever it is, the 8050 punches well above its weight.

 

[moon]

Oh, and early Cambridge amps. Once purchased A5 from Richer Sounds, sounded dreadful. Only kept it two days...

well luckily a lots changed since then....

 

[SteveR750]

Azur 640 amp + CDP. Within a week it was replaced by a C352/C541 the latter of which managed to play a couple of discs that the Cambridge didn't. A few years later, Cyrus 8 deja vu.

 

[Anonymous]

Arcam rDock.

ATC SCM11.

AKG 240 Mark II headphones.

Audio Technica ATH-M50 headphones.

All interconnect cables over £40.

 

[Macspur]

A Linn Intek amp plus Linn Katan speakers with matching stands... bought them after my previous gear had been ruined in a burglery in 92. So thought I'd take the opportunity with the insurance money to have a marked upgrade... wrong!! sound so flat, dry and lifeless.

Mac

 

[eggontoast]

Just a couple off the top of my head Arcam A85, Cyrus Amplifiers, Audio Technica AHT-W1000X, Audiolab m-dac's headphone output, Grado RS-2i, Sennheiser HD-650

 

[toyota man]

I bought the mission dad 5 cdp when it came out it was alright but not that good and the I made the mistake of buying the dac5 to go with it thinking ( or not in this case) that this would improve things , all was well I hade an insurance policy mature and I bought a Marantz 17ki sig:dance:

 

[jerry klinger]

Meridian 500/566 transport/DAC from late 1990s. Sold to get matching Naim CDX for my Naim amps. Loved the Naim too, but I think the Meridian would have had more long-lasting trouble-free satisfaction, and enabled use with later DACs.

Also a pair of Kef Celeste III which were the first 'real' speakers I'd owned back in 1980. Should have kept a lot longer... but unfortunately started reading the magazines.

 

[shooter]

Naim CDS3 and XPS2. Sort of done things right with its pace and analog sound but couldnt get near my vinyl rig in terms of pound for pound quality, and the soundstage was flat as a pancake indicating poor and cheap CDP, very disapointing.

 

[Crocodile]

Hyped up to be? Who hyped it? Sounds like an excellent bit of kit to me and I've heard plenty. Your ears might be letting you down. Or the rest of your system, whatever it is, the 8050 punches well above its weight.

You seem to have posted in the wrong thread. This one is entitled "Hi-Fi that has not met the initial expectation placed upon it". That's why I posted my experience. Really don't need you to tell me I'm wrong thanks. :hand:

If you look, I'm sure you can find another thread to further worship at the alter of the Onkyo where you can disagree until your heart's content. :wave:

 

[CnoEvil]

As I said at the start, equipment that has proved disappointing (for a given individual) is subjective and personal and so cannot be wrong (for them at that time).

 

[the record spot]

Hyped up to be? Who hyped it? Sounds like an excellent bit of kit to me and I've heard plenty. Your ears might be letting you down. Or the rest of your system, whatever it is, the 8050 punches well above its weight.

You seem to have posted in the wrong thread. This one is entitled "Hi-Fi that has not met the initial expectation placed upon it". That's why I posted my experience. Really don't need you to tell me I'm wrong thanks. :hand:

If you look, I'm sure you can find another thread to further worship at the alter of the Onkyo where you can disagree until your heart's content. :wave:

No, I posted in the right thread thanks and stand by the comments. I probably don't need to be told when I can or can't post a response in a public forum. "Thanks".

 

[the record spot]

As I said at the start, equipment that has proved disappointing (for a given individual) is subjective and personal and so cannot be wrong (for them at that time).

Plainly, but with one exception. Hell, he couldn't even get the RRP right (£400)...still, it simply shows that partnered with the wrong gear, almost anything won't sound at its best.

 

[CnoEvil]

As I said at the start, equipment that has proved disappointing (for a given individual) is subjective and personal and so cannot be wrong (for them at that time).

...still, it simply shows that partnered with the wrong gear, almost anything won't sound at its best.

Yup, which is why an individual experience is....well.....individual.

 

[Crocodile]

Plainly, but with one exception. Hell, he couldn't even get the RRP right (£400)...

Can't let it go can you, even after the OP re-posts what they were intending? Who mentioned RRP?

Price had been £400, but then it came down in Superfi and Richer Sounds. Hmmm, then Superfi start doing their 10% off thing...and for the £270 I handed over, it's an utter steal.

And I paid £250, so no idea what trivial point scoring exercise you're attempting here? Other than that you obviously consider your opinion to be somehow superior to mine & have to pathetically try to justify your sense of self-importance.

No wonder you now live alone...

 

[CnoEvil]

Plainly, but with one exception. Hell, he couldn't even get the RRP right (£400)...

Can't let it go can you, even after the OP re-posts what they were intending? Who mentioned RRP?

Price had been £400, but then it came down in Superfi and Richer Sounds. Hmmm, then Superfi start doing their 10% off thing...and for the £270 I handed over, it's an utter steal.

And I paid £250, so no idea what trivial point scoring exercise you're attempting here? Other than that you obviously consider your opinion to be somehow superior to mine & have to pathetically try to justify your sense of self-importance.

No wonder you now live alone...

The OP is now requesting that his thread is no longer used as a carrier for personal and hurtful remarks.....no hifi argument is worth that.

Thanks

Cno

 

[the record spot]

Plainly, but with one exception. Hell, he couldn't even get the RRP right (£400)...

Can't let it go can you, even after the OP re-posts what they were intending? Who mentioned RRP?

Price had been £400, but then it came down in Superfi and Richer Sounds. Hmmm, then Superfi start doing their 10% off thing...and for the £270 I handed over, it's an utter steal.

And I paid £250, so no idea what trivial point scoring exercise you're attempting here? Other than that you obviously consider your opinion to be somehow superior to mine & have to pathetically try to justify your sense of self-importance.

No wonder you now live alone...

The point about mentioning the price point is to give an indication of where it sits in the marketplace for the component it is. The buying price paid against the RRP (assuming it is different from said RRP) is of no consequence beyond "hey, I got a good deal!". So your original comment about it being no better than a £250 receiver is wide of the mark, assuming you've heard them all.

As for the rest of your post, well, if that's meant to be a shining example of what I could be aiming for with my many "shortcomings", thanks but I'm perfectly comfortable in my own skin.

 

[John Duncan]

Oh come on lads, stop it.