What is the best of the best, equipment wise?

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While as you said, you will have 100s of different responses, with everyone saying this or that equipment is top notch, I will go a bit different way and ask, why do you want top notch of everything?

There is some great equipment out there that isnt top notch, and that costs a lot less, but works just as good as much more expensive counterpart.