An audio component you just can't let go


What is a component you just can't seem to let go or sell even after you've already upgraded and not really using it anymore. What makes this component so special?

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My Nagaoka Kilavolt #103 De-stat wand from the ’80s’.....One C cell to ’stat’ them all.....

Best sub-$100 item I’ve ever bought With a carbon fibre brush included that lives next to it. Simple as it is, never been reproduced since....a pity, that.

A Niles Audio CPM-31 Universal Component Patching Matrix....also ’80’s. a 6 in X 6 out analog box that the back ends up looking like an octopus with delusions of grandeur....*L* ....and requires physical stability enhancement when fully engaged with 24 RCA’s....

A JVC JX-S777 AV selector allows 6 a/v in/out, 2 additional with optical in and a single opt out, and 3 monitor loops....one with the opt out..  Used for 'component in' mostly.....

Keeping my 4 large ESS amts’....and my Walsh diys’ obviously....

@grislybutter and all....

Shut off the screen for the next 4 years.....if it’s important or vaguely logical, we’ll hear about it elsewhere.....:(

@ibmjunkman i also have a Teac 2300-sx

for over the past 40 years that I would never part with

Long with my Tandberg 3001A which I purchased new

and is in excellent shape which I keep calibrated to this day

Still in service and I've never been tempted to replace them, ARC SP 9 Mk II and Classic 60. Sure there's great stuff since, but they're so good, meet my needs and a bargain (purchased new about 34 years ago), I have no desire to replace.

I have some custom amplifiers made by a local guy (now gone) named Dave Herren.  I keep them for sentimental reasons.

Schiit Yggdrasil analog 2.   Just sounds like music.  Stopped analyzing the sound of my music, and just enjoyed listening to it!