Best Component Ever, for the money

A sublime Accuphase T-100 tuner. And better yet is listening to WBGO -Newark , NJ Jazz station on it. The Accuphase rivals CD and WBGO rivals CDs

My first amp, the nad 3020. Listened to lots of amps that cost more and was happy to plop down about $150 plus tax for the one that sounded the best. With my Frazier Concerto speakers and Thorens TT I was rockin!
That was over 20 years ago, today I would say the Transcendent GG preamp. And on the used market, Musical Fidelity E624 cdp.

04-27-01: Lev335
Mark Levinson 335 Running a Mark Levinson 39 cd player direct. The sound is so Natural.
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Can the Mark Levinson be found in $100-200 range ?

My Supratek Chardonney has made the biggest improvement in my system,

Harvey Rosenberg's SuperIt phono stage. I bought one used for about $100 back in the late 80's, hot-rodded it and used it with good Grados for years. What a delight - slightly warm but natural sound, lots of detail, not finicky about the tubes I fed it. I recently sold it with my old SOTA/Alphason/Grado combo - it needed a new wall-wart, but then it was back in business, playing music for a new generation of audiophiles.