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Upgrade with best price/performance ratio

Just wondering what was your upgrade with the best price/performance ration in your audio journey ... like upgrading an IC, preamp etc ...

Let me start:

-Corian pieces leftover from kitchen upgrade project

out of boredom I used the Corian chopping boards and put them in between the shelf's MDF board and BDR cones. The effect was a big surprise ...

- much quieter background, solid bass and cleaned up mid and treble.
kschiu

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blindjim
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I didn’t think so at the time, but constant urging from some friends of mine here said “just try ‘em… and see for yourself”.

Some of these I was talked into, other’s came to me naturally.

So here goes…. From low to high:

Fubar 2000…. Free
Speaker positioning … free but tedious
Dedicated 20A ckts …. $25 ea when ordered with the new house
Plywood platforms for rack bases and speaker stand bases and sub woofer. $20
Herbie’s Peak tube rings….$ 20ea
Herbie’s Iso cups w/Ebony balls …. $20 ea. new
Bright Star Iso nodes under shelves on racks…$ 25 new
J River Media Center…. $40
1 Click DVD Copy Pro …$50
Stereovox XV2 digital cable. …. $ 110 preowned
VD Power III pc….. $100 new
M2Tech Hiface 24/192 BNC… $187 new
Oyaide T510 BNC digi cable….. $220 new
Phase Tech PC 6.5…. $30 used/ $250 to rebuild
VooDoo power cords… assort’d prices
Phase Tech PC 10.5 speakers…. $600 used
Odyssey Stratos plus, SS amp…. $1250 new
Bel Canto DAC III… $1700 preowned
Butler TDB 5150 5ch amp…. $17500 preowned
Dodd 120w MK II mono blocks …$2500 preowned
Thor preamp TA 1000 MK II…. $3400 preowned
Silverline Sonata IIis…. > $4,300 … new.
Dedicating & optimizing the listening room… $6K so far

Most of all though...
Being an American sitizen, Honorably discharged Veteran, single again & now retired…. Priceless
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