What was the best (most impactful) piece of new equipment to hit the market in 2023?

Very low cost products emerge  which are now no more only junk and good for low cost system ...

i just bought 2 pre-amplifiers for peanuts one with tubes the other S.S. ... One at 50 dollars is better than a tube amplifier i bought 7 years ago and paid 400 bucks and the other  at the same price if not better rival it , and this past tube amp of mine is always sold  today as very good tube amp for 400 bucks ... ...

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It is a new trend in the market ...Better tech at a better price than ever ...

For the Trinnov amethyst and the BACCH filters i will wait till i win a lotery...but it will be my choices and i dont need costly upgrades to be acoustically happy but these 2 products offer something unique i could live with which is related to room acoustic... ....😁😊

For the Trinnov Waveforming technology you need the Altitude 16 which is even more expensive than the Amethyst. And you need no less than 4 matching subwoofers. If I go for it I’m looking at the Perlisten D 15s. The total cost will be $42,000.00 not including custom stands for the subs. 
 

It’s a lot of coin. It will depend on how much bass control the room rebuild will give me. We shall see….

With so many levels of investment possible, the answer is difficult, but this product delivered exceptional value to me!

 

Sony’s 360 reality spatial sound mapping technology available for hifi use through their new ES line of receivers.

For me it wasn't a piece of equipment but rather software. I have been interested in the BACCH system for some time but I had no interest in inserting a MAC computer into my system. Their introduction of u-BACCH software for Windows corrected that. Running it through J. River l got exactly what I was looking for at a lower price to boot.