Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money?

That little $129 pair of pioneer speakers from Andrew Jones is just silly.

A fanless, low heat laptop. By far, one of my better investments for enjoying music while working online...which is most of the time. No computer noise = golden silence.

Boston Acoustics A40 speakers
Various Heathkits I assembled
SOTA turntable with  SME arm (used)
Blue Jean cables

Still have my A40s.  Refoamed and sounding better than ever.  

Grado sr80e phones gets you a good ways there for only $100 new. 

Cambridge Audio CXU HD!  Very good as a transport for CD's and SACD's (out plays all others I have had), and stunning for DVD's and Blu Ray's.  At $700.00 it is a steal.

Musically, from Glen Gould to Clapton it is excellent.

Rest of system: Chord DAC, Mark Levinson 380s pre-amp., Wired for Sound 4 channel amp., Emerald Physics CS-2 Speakers (bi-amped).  Cords by Analysis Plus.