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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
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mwilson
430 posts
 
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
151 posts
 
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.
alliedtvandsound
74 posts
 
In the Interconnect/speaker wire department XLO's Pro-125/1-M IC (Single-ended only) @ about $80.00 US$ is very, very good (for the price), as is XLO's Pro-600 spkr wire, (about $6/ft.)

peter jasz
esoxhntr
196 posts
 
Any older Naim gear - 32.5, 72, NAP 110, 140, 180. Not very expensive, will run until the next ice age, very musical, especially for the dollar outlay. Does not want or need expensive interconnect and/or speaker cable. These pieces reward a good source, yet tend to accomodate a weaker source as well. Also, any speaker in the Energy Conisseur (spelling???) line - outstanding value.
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