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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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mglik
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In a way, this is a difficult question since, after 50 years of upgrades, I am, thankfully, very satisfied with my system.
However, it is an easy choice... Quad 57s!
I joyfully lived with them for 10 years and miss them to this day.
True, they are frequency limited but they draw you in in a unique and wonderful way. With the complete rebuild, they cost me about $2.5K.

mglik
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Hard to choose just one.
But initially, I thought: what can vibration control really do?
Found that the answer is A LOT!
Stillpoints under my $30k speakers turned them into $50k ones.
No exaggeration, 3 $125 Ultra Minis tightened up the sound and increased the detail like crazy.
And I had a similar experience with the $1500 SRA VR platform under my Woodsong Garrard 301. Amazing improvement. Night and day!
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