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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". 





whatjd
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I'm pretty shocked by the price / performance of the mhdt labs "orchid" dac I purchased this year ( with tube adapter to 6922 ).

Reference  3A Decapo 40th yr Anniversary  edition  has gotten me off the upgrade path. They are incredibly  good music makers  
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Also, the Deulund oil impregnated tinned speaker wire is beyond great at the price
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Boston Acoustics A40 speakers - amazingly decent for the very modest price  1980s

Spica speakers, whether TC50 (needed the right stands) or Angelus, gave excellent performance at a bargain price with then state of the art imaging  1980s

Arcam Delta 70 CD player + Black Box DA converter c. 1990 the first reasonably priced CD combo that offered reasonable digital sound.

Adcom GFA-535 integrated amp
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My whole system is "poor man’s highend". All excellent bang for the buck, and had most of it for 30 years. Dynaco/VTA ST-70, Lazarus preamp, AT-LP120XUSB w/AT-VM95 shibata, DIY cables, Sterling Acoustics speakers ....a taste of good champagne for the cost of good beer.

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I bought a house from an engineer  who briefly worked at AR in the sixties.  He left a bunch of stuff in the attic including some eico el84 "integrated monoblocks" an eico tuner with a cats eye rectifier and a bag of vintage tubes.  Also some open back Tannoy Reds with deteriorated surroundd but he came back for those. The amps sounded great with some old Cornwalls 
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