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Best bang for the buck

What’s been the most cost effective item you purchased for your system? 
I will go first- a Zerostat I bought 40 years ago. Next most cost effective purchase has to be a Denon DL103R cartridge which I bought new for $300. 

zavato
ntpc4
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An Apple USB-C Dongle DAC for $8.

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oddiofyl
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Recently that would be the Riverstone Audio  Stylus Gauge.   Excellent product for cheap.     Another product I think is a huge bang for the buck is Ned Clayton's SUT.   Great product , build and sound quality is high for the price 

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zavato OP
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@oddiofyl - yes the Riverstone gauge was another great purchase! 

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mofimadness
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VPI HW-16 record cleaning machine when they first came out.  Serial Number 15.  I put the .5 upgrade package on it when it first came out also.

Had this unit for well over 40 years now.  Has cleaned thousands and thousands of records.  Still going strong.  Never any problems.

Needless to say...paid for itself many times over...

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zavato OP
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@mofimadness definitely got your money’s worth. I also have a VPI machine- they are sturdy 

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