Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money?

Yes Geoffkait, a Fisher 500C is one very special receiver!

The Paisley Research AE500's I found several years ago on CL for $75 was beyond stupid good, it was more like stupid f'in amazing!  Definitely the best speakers I've ever owned.  Bettered the $1400 Omega Grande 8's I had at the time and they retailed back in the late 80's for $900. Really great value if you can find a pair, sonically on par with ProAc Response 2's and Celestion SL600's I believe....

Also, all of the Fleawatt stuff from Derek Sanderson is stupid good for the money too....

seanheis, which Gemtune 1501 do you have, the one with 6bq5's or the 6AD10's?  I was thinking about one of these but went a different way when a reasonable Tandberg 3012 popped up.  Always wanted to hear one of these Tandbergs, stupid good at $250 because it was a little dirty, cleaned up, now a strong 8-9/10 cosmetically and sounds great!

I once picked up a pristine Proceed PCD-2 for $400, thought that was stupid good for the money, never should have sold it (that never should have sold it list gets longer and longer)........

Can't beat those Fleawatts!  I've had a few of them and love Derek's creations.  All very musical and stupid good for the $.  

Just read someone here on A'gon just scored a Counterpoint SA-20 at the Goodwill store for $150 - that was a $2K amp, was it not?  That's a stupid good score - and it seems to work just fine too.....

Recently bought a $40 pair bookshelf speakers from CL that are just stupid good for the money.  They are a diy version of early Rega speakers, Rega Kytes I believe.  I'm sure they trounce speakers costing many times more. 

I find there are a lot of real bargains on CL especially on larger floor standing speakers as listening habits change and people go towards miniaturization.      

Tom,
Try some low powered single ended tube amps on those Cornwalls and they'll really put a smile on your face!  I used to sell Klipsch at the retail level 25 years ago and was never a huge fan either until I tried them with low powered SE tubes and what a difference it makes.  Enjoy!