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Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component"

Many of us have had the short term experience of demoing or acquiring a piece of gear that, when we installed it in our systems, we soon realized that it wasn’t going to work.

An example I recently cited was after home demoing a CJ 17LS preamp years ago. I couldn’t stand the banging sound of the volume relays while adjusting. The unit sounded fine enough musically but this particular feature was intolerable.

What other features or quirks of components have you had similar experiences with over the short term? I’m not talking about chronic upgraditis, which most of us are afllicted with, just short term experiences that make us say, "this does not work for me."

No need to list ten reasons, just one or two. I'll keep a tab on them and summarize later.
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flatblackround
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Viridian

Not wanting to argue about the Naim speaker plugss but I have seen arrangements like this and they are correct and do not cross if the unit is placed beteeen the speakers.  The left side on the back corresponds to the right side looking at  the front of the unit and the speakers.   This is how I read your description anyway.
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flatblackround
32 posts
 
Viridian
As usual I  am wrong again.  That is a strange speaker plug orientation.  I understand your explanation, but like you I would find it mildly annoying whenever I looked at it!
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