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. 

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I just tried out my new Schiit Vestri using Amarra on my iPhone and driving a pair of Sennheiser HD650’s.

 

Holy crap, this is the best bang for buck ever. Superior to my Audioquest Dragonfly and actually competitive with my Woo WA6 driven by my Yggdrasil. I am impressed. $99

Other than buying lots of gear used, my WiiM Ultra is fantastic for the price. 

Bryston 3B purchased used in 1984 for $500. Still going strong. 

When the Bryston SP1.7 l was using as a 2 channel preamp bit the dust recently l bought an interim unit so I could keep listening. Fosi P4 with 3 rca inputs and remote for $100 is quite good and l’m not convinced l need to spend more on something else.  

I run a set of Linkwitz Orions, which being multi-amplified, call for 8 channels at 60 wpc.  I paid all of $500 for a 12 channel B&K MOSFET amp back in 2008.  Still running it today.  Sounds great.