What's your High End best buy/unknown components?

Wasatch Cable Works interconnects. Stunning improvement over the Cardas and Synergistic Research I was using. A very well kept secret.

Quicksilver Phono Preamp. Not enough gain for Low output MC, unless you use the transformer. A great piece of equipment. Reliable and sounds great.

Just saw this thread for the first time. This information is what I would like to see more of here at Audiogon.

My nominations are

Acme Audio power outlets
Machina Dynamica Promethean Bases
Marigo tuning dots and bands
Zcable products

I agree with Dog_lover's statement above

"Common to all of the above in my experience are: brilliant, foward thinking people who love music. Also very pleasant type people/designers and their creative expressions. This is where I will spent my hard earned audio dollars. I Certainly will not spend it with the rude arrogant or overated at the opposite end of the spectrum. Just my opinions."

Any Threshold preamp from FET 9 through T2 is as good as anything available today. And one of their former tech's, Jon Soderberg, will keep them all tuned up at a reasonable cost. Same for the Threshold amps. And I second the above for Wasatch ICs. I really think they are a cut above and provide a superior sound to anything I've heard below $2K. And the Sony ES line from the late 80's thru the 90's was extremely musical, as was Yamaha from mid-70s thru the mid 80s. Any 192kHz upsampler would be my first choice for "can't live without" if you are into redbook CDs. Takes the edge off and makes them listenable, and, most times, even pleasant. But nothing tops vinyl. The liquid sound of good vinyl is almost believeable. Can't believe I almost quit listening to vinyl in the 80s. Happy Listening!

Source brand loudspeakers.