I tried to way up the cost of each mod vs the cost of the crack so have tried to be as frugal as possible.
Think I have spent about £100 or there abouts including postage to end up with something that far outperforms its price tag but the Standard Crack outperforms its price tag and the Speedball is definitely the most worthwhile mod to my ears...
have probably spent around the same on tubes as well though so can start playing with different combinations..
I did swap out my Starting Point Systems DAC3 for a Meridian Director from my main system but it didn't last long and the DAC3 is back.