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Biggest impact on you?



Curious: I’ve gone through a lot of gear over the years. In reflecting upon this, a Conrad Johnson MV-45A1 power amplifier I bought back in 1983 had the biggest impact on me. This includes consideration of the many preamps, speakers, cables, CD players, and so on that I’ve owned through the years.

Has that piece been the best I’ve ever had or heard? Absolutely not. But, it was the first high end piece I’ve owned and it wowed me big time. Ran it with Vandersteens, CJ’s PV4 preamp, and a Sonograph TT – loved it!

So, what component (power, pre, speaker, TT, CD, etc.) has had the biggest impact on you?
rbschauman
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horseface
222 posts
 
Modwright SWL 9.0

First piece of tube gear and man what a difference it made. My first Sansui AU-7900/TU-7900 combo back in 79 was big as well.
mrtennis
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the quad esl. in my opinion, the best speaker ever made.
goldeneraguy
439 posts
 
Phase Linear 400
Stage opened and images became more dimensional
MIT 330
Finally heard bass notes from my Quad ESL 63
Tron Syren Full Function Pre.
To my ears it just seems to do everything correctly
Far and away the very best component I have heard and now own
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grannyring
4,637 posts
 
Tube Research Labs Dude preamp
Soundlab M1 speakers
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roscoeiii
1,155 posts
 
Musical Fidelity kW linestage: gave me both what I liked best in passive and active preamps, and so much more.

Well-Tempered Amadeus: even with it begging for a cartridge upgrade.
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