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

Ayre- AX-5 integrated amp plus Ayre DX-5 universal player.

Happy Listening!

I bought a used Marantz 250 for $99 in approx 1996.  It beat the socks off the Adcom GFA-535 I’d been using for the prior six years. When I later upgraded from the Marantz to a McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe, I could barely hear a difference.  The main improvement with the McCormack is that it didn’t billow acrid smoke.

I’m not sure if this would count as a stupid good deal,but, I picked up a First Watt F5 ( not a clone,the real deal) with less than 50 hrs on it 5 years ago for $1200. Next would be 2 pairs of Zu Libtec speaker cables fo $75. ( 10’ and 8’)