What is your favorite budget audio component?

Watch out for blindjim and his audio trinkets.  Cheap but they accomplish nothing.  He must be a dealer.

Budget?  That varies according to disposible income, audio interest and other factors.  But for VALUE (which is quality divided by price), the industry loves Emotiva.  Clearly the best bang for the buck in that price range.

Elizabeth...if you recommend stuff like this for other, possibly less experienced audiophiles, it might be beneficial,  if not totally appropriate, to explain the science behind such tweaks.  There is a lot of just plain bad info going around in the audio world.  I mean, like, some people use refrigerators to break in their high priced AC outlets.

My, my, Liz....aren't we testy today.  Seems that with your seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-five posts here, you would be a little more accommodating.

Take a breath and feel good that your A/V AC plugs are an airtight connection.  Ha!  Wonder who made that one up?