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Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned?

Yes, the CJ ART, various Audio Research were all great...but I do remember lower priced items that gave much pleasure for their price.

In no order, The Large Advent,  DQ-10, Nakamichi SR receivers,  inexpensive Nordost cables, many tuners giving good vibes vis "FREE" music.  Also, in a different way, the Nakamichi TM radios and SoundSpace systems. 

There was a solid state ARC pre that was very good....ls-12?

And I do  remember "free" listening at some friends homes/systems that were great values. I was exceedingly lucky to have a best friend that bought most of my gear when I was "moving on".  It gave me the chance to listen to what I had had compared to what I currently had....at least once what I had sold to him was better than what my replacement gear was...........the old "live and learn". 





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jrwaudio
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My first nice piece of audio gear way back when was my Marantz 2265B  Also I bought 
a used pair ( like new) of Dunlavy SC lll that l really enjoyed!! Just recently I found a used Spectron musical MK ll class D amp to drive my Maggie's The 54 lb beast was delivered to my door for less than $900! As for my rubber band collection I get mine from the ones that hold my broccoli together
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condosound
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Dodd Audio Battery Powered Preamp. Zero noise; infinite detail.

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jjss49
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@condosound 

i remember the dodd

in my experience battery powered stuff is awesomely sweet and quiet, but can lack in dynamics/punch - but what they do well really leaves an impression and sets a bar for regular AC powered gear to strive for

tough tradeoff
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dougeyjones
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Bought a McIntosh MX-118 for $300 in mint condition at work (I sold HiFi and we took it on trade). Used it for 2-3 years and later flipped it for almost $2k on eBay. At the time I didn’t see much use for it as it was a lowly Pro Logic surround receiver, but it was pretty and sounded good.


Probably should have kept it as a preamp.
davidclarke
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B&W DM-12 for $99.00 on eBay.

It really is amazing what a great system you can put together buying older stuff on eBay.
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