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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". 





whatjd
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rixthetrick
1,060 posts
 
Purchased a used Rotel amp off Ebay, went in to pick it up at a local speaker manufacturer store. Eventually talked myself into some speakers trade for a website I built him (it paid for itself in sales in three weeks). And then managed to get a great job from it. And ultimately made a friend for life and got hooked into proper hifi!

Lucky sod, if your Pamela was half as hot as the couple of Pamelas I’ve known... yeah that was a freakin’ bargain allright.
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mglik
916 posts
 
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.

nypd26
35 posts
 
I owned a B&K 202+ amp and still own and use a B&K Pro 10 preamp.I also liked a AMC 2030 tube amp.
nealkot
25 posts
 
I bought my Belles Soloist 1 integrated used (one owner) for $1500 in 2014. It’s never let me down paired with any speakers or source. It’s currently driving ATC SCM 40v2 and has been lovely with other speakers from Maggies to ProAcs...I’d gladly pay the same $1500 for it today!
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