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Best or most profound sleeper product

As with wine, I think that price certainly does not guarantee quality. Oddly, many people in this hobby refer to their equipment by its' price in the same manner that people will refer to " a hundred dollar bottle of wine." I have had many wines that were less that $20 that were pure joy. I think that the same must be true in this hobby. An example: used Pioneer PD-65, $300 for a good transport or Conrad J pv-10. For the benefit of other newbies (like myself), please list the 'sleepers' that you have found. Cheers
Martin
truthrider
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marakanetz
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McCormack Micro Line Drive preamp performs on much higher than mid-fi levels in both active or passive mode if active mode is not chosen to be the highest gain under the box cover. It smokes models that are much more expencive.
mwilson
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Antique Sound Labs Wave 8 tube monoblocks. $120 each new with removable cage and IEC power. They sound awesome, too.
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
EAD T-7000 LD/CD transport with AT&T to drive a good D to A.
With almost no jitter this transport will rival the best of them.

Richard
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mrvordo
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I recently got a NAD L40, pre, amp, tuner, CD all in one, B stock with 1 year warrantee for $399. For anything close to the money this cannot be beat.
Excellent tuner, so if you up grade, it still will have a function.
The CD is not as detailed as my Krell KSP 20i, but I never feel like I am missing anything. And it has a digital out if you want to use it for a transport.
Pre outs, so that you can increase the power (only 20w per from the amp), but sounds great if not pushed hard.
I have it hooked to a pair of outdoor Energy speakers ($400 retail) for my deck and it is awesome sounding for the amount I have in it.
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