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

For the last five years or so I've been on a journey as I learn more about audio equipment, especially digital audio, with nearly constant swapping of individual pieces in my audio system, I think I'm "done" with the hardware upgrades for now, and can relax and enjoy discovering new (to me) music.  Since I've gotten the system to where it is, I'm very satisfied with my purchase, so though the equipment is not "inexpensive", I would say it's "stupid good for the money".  Nice to relax and not stress about the equipment.  My list:
McIntosh C2500 pre amp, MC452 power amp, Autonomic MMS-5A server, PS Audio P10 power plant, DirectStream DAC, DirectStream CD transport, Mytek Brooklyn DAC (for streaming MQA), Focal Sopra No2 speakers, JL Audio F113V2 sub woofers (2), Sennheiser HD800 headphones, Dell laptop iTunes/Tidal/Roon, Wireworld cabling

@trelja 
He's probably serious. Geoff thinks common wire resists the flow of energy in one direction but not the other. There's no explaining him. 

You obviously have me confused with someone else. 

Although I generally keep away from those discussions, I agree with Geoff on that...

So many have discussed wire directionality, and staked out the cases for or against.  The tone of the conversation routinely crosses the line of usefulness, and transcends the magnitude of the issue itself.  I feel content to let both sides live happily.  If you believe in the directionality of wire, fine.  If you don't, also fine.  No one should lose any sleep over it either way.  Perhaps the one thing I can add is my belief that the resistance measurements folks in audio employ to disprove the phenomenon may lack the sophistication to actually do so, and provide the real answer.

Just out of school in the early 90s, I worked as a material scientist / R&D chemist for a company that produced (conductors, resistors, dielectric, solder, etc.) materials for the electronic industry, including those that build the resistors and capacitors we use in audio.  Through the course of my experiments, I often encountered situations that left me wondering how the results could impact the world of high-end audio.  Don't miss the low salary, but do miss the environment and equipment that would allow me to kick such things around.  Had access to the internet, forums like this, and the sharing of knowledge that we do existed, I would have conquered many of those hills, but such is life.

Sadly, the quantity and quality of folks working in this realm continues to decline.  With few exceptions, what remains doesn't strike me as having the sort of background, equipment, time, or personality that ask and answer such questions

My my greatest audio bargain was a pair of Acoustat 1+ 1's that I bought used for $600.
I have been enjoying them for the last 16 years. I know there are better speakers out there. I have been able to listen to some impressive speakers at audio shows. I also understand that I will never have the resources to afford said speakers.  I always return home from listening to high end speakers at shows and I sit down in front of the acoustats and think " They are still really pretty good".