What has been your most satisfying component?

I'd cry if something happened to my nad 4020 Tuner. Great sensitivity, selectivity, rejection in a steel hi-rise condo notorious for poor signal. Fortunate to have 2 wonderful stations, 1 with folk/acoustic/blues in the morning and the other with mostly all-day classical programming.

At this point, I would have to say my DIY 3 way speakers.

Sold my paradigm s8 and wilson sophia after I built these speakers.

My Rogue Cronus Magnum. I thought I was going to have to sell my speakers until I bought the Rogue. Then there's my NAD C317 integrated that's my stand by.

Three years from my first response to this thread and I'm still using the Resolution Audio CD-50 and Meadowlark Audio Kestrels. Amazing with the amount of equipment churning through my system. There have quite a few, 10 maybe, others cdps trying to boot the CD-50 but nothing is as satisfying. As for the Kestrels, I really couldn't guess how many speakers, some very good ones too, have seen duty. Nothing has come close to the over all musicality these pieces bring to my room.

VPI CLASSIC!!!

My Wadia 861 CDP...
Upgraded by Great Northern Sound Company.
Makes CD's sound like really good vinyl.

I'm afraid you'll have to pry this one out of my
cold,dead,hands!

Can't say they have stood the test of time because one has been in my system for 14 months and the other only 6. But I have been looking for something this good and satisfying for a long long time. The most satisfying components are my TAD 2404 speakers - to my ears they are accurate, musical and detailed. And the second most satisfying is my Kinoshita HQS2500UPM power amp. Before the Kinoshita, I had not had a transistor amp for 20 years and the last amps I had were Audion silver transformered black gated prototypes built around the VV52B tube. They were great single-ended mono blocks but to my very great surprise, bettered in all departments by the Kinoshita. Since I have been blessed with these two items I listen nearly every day.

Happy listening!

My, Discwasher brush! I haven't kept anything, I had my Infinity RS 2.5s the longest, around 20 years.

Thanx, Russ

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