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Any McIntosh equipment.
Once you've been identified by your family and friends as an audiophile, they might try to give you gifts to support your habit. What would be the <I>worst</I> audiophile gift you could imagine?
Anything that begins with a "B", ends with an "e", and outperforms separate components costing far more! Really though, my extended family wouldn't bat an eye if I spent a small fortune on a car but would positively sh%& if they knew how much my stereo cost. I drive a '94 Subaru but none of them draw the obvious conclusion, and my gem of a mechanic is my favorite component and top audio enabler. I actively keep my family out of the loop by giving them no incentive to get me audio gifts.
For my birthday, I had wanted some new headphones, because my years-old beyerdynamics were on their last leg. I had planned on looking at the AKG 701s and/or Senn 650s. With nothing but good intentions, she came home with some Bose sound canceling thingys. I softly and kindly explained to her that since exchanging vows, I now drive a minivan with two children, own two floral print sofas, and have a house that smells like a potpourri factory. Even though I love her, If she ever bought me stereo gear again, she'd hear from my lawyer.
A gift card for iTunes and its lo-rez downloads. With eBay, though, any gift can be replaced, albeit not at equal valueeven snake oil. I do not consider getting a Bose product an audiophile gift, but I would not return it. I would use it to disprove Bose marketing fiction.