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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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pehare
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bar none - in 2011 my new Music Reference RM10 MkII amp bought direct from Roger Modjeski for $1950 via 1-day Fedex delivery from CA to FL.
fleschler
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Magic Eraser "sponge" for cleaning my Benz Ruby III cartridge.  It polishes the stylus and costs under $1.  I've been using it for 8 years now.  That's a bargain.      Other more expensive bargains is purchase of my two sets of speakers, the Legacy Focus for $2500 and Signature IIIs for $1600.  Compares to 4X to 5X more expensive speakers (but with superior bass, lower on the Focuses, tighter and punchier on the Sig IIIs). 
The Synergistic Research HFTs.  I use 32 which eliminated the need for front and rear quadradic diffusion panels which can be very expensive (Acoustic Fields or Vicoustic brands not cheap GIKs).    
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paullyrockets
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My PS Audio M-700 Monoblocks..

And I switched from more expensive Tube Amplifiers.
pinthrift
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For we "silver-hair's"... the Hegeman Hapi 2 Preamp at full price was a steal.  Chapman T-4 2-way monitor loudspeakers, same.  Now, computer sourced lossless rips of great redbook and HDCD playback ~~ ditto lossless streaming.  Budget room tuning = great sound.  Cheers, Pin
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@fleschler 

really?  magic eraser to clean stylus?  i would be worried that it would pull...  u use it wet or dry?  magic sponges are meant to used wet for their cleaning effect (on everyday things)
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