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What's your High End best buy/unknown components?

There seem to be so many choices in high end audio products and only the most popular (reccomended/marketed) products are the one that sell. It would be interesting to compile a list of components that have not received as much exposure in the press or not been reviewed or listed as "reccomended" or heavily marketed that are truly excellent or best buys(not necessarily inexpensive) in audio. Nice to hear some dealers' comments since they are exposed to more components than we consumers.
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gpdavis1
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Wasatch Cable Works interconnects. Stunning improvement over the Cardas and Synergistic Research I was using. A very well kept secret.
gpdavis1
49 posts
 
Any Threshold preamp from FET 9 through T2 is as good as anything available today. And one of their former tech's, Jon Soderberg, will keep them all tuned up at a reasonable cost. Same for the Threshold amps. And I second the above for Wasatch ICs. I really think they are a cut above and provide a superior sound to anything I've heard below $2K. And the Sony ES line from the late 80's thru the 90's was extremely musical, as was Yamaha from mid-70s thru the mid 80s. Any 192kHz upsampler would be my first choice for "can't live without" if you are into redbook CDs. Takes the edge off and makes them listenable, and, most times, even pleasant. But nothing tops vinyl. The liquid sound of good vinyl is almost believeable. Can't believe I almost quit listening to vinyl in the 80s. Happy Listening!
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