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Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned?

Yes, the CJ ART, various Audio Research were all great...but I do remember lower priced items that gave much pleasure for their price.

In no order, The Large Advent,  DQ-10, Nakamichi SR receivers,  inexpensive Nordost cables, many tuners giving good vibes vis "FREE" music.  Also, in a different way, the Nakamichi TM radios and SoundSpace systems. 

There was a solid state ARC pre that was very good....ls-12?

And I do  remember "free" listening at some friends homes/systems that were great values. I was exceedingly lucky to have a best friend that bought most of my gear when I was "moving on".  It gave me the chance to listen to what I had had compared to what I currently had....at least once what I had sold to him was better than what my replacement gear was...........the old "live and learn". 





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I apologize for listing this one, it’s the show stopper, and some of you have heard about this one before:

A MFA made Octal tube based original Venusian Prototype three chassis (Line/switching, Phono,and power supply boxes) full function preamp. Swings a clean + 170 volts. Just an insane thing, it is. Best tube based preamp vittles ever tasted.

$108 bucks. Found on eBay, no less.

I beg forgiveness for using it so little. If I cleaned it up, re capped it, and did a few of the more modern additions and alterations to it, etc...I’d think it would be a top contender for being right at the peak of preamp development and quality. (you will find pictures of it on the net, if you search it out)
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