The one piece of gear you will never sell

Without a doubt my Sansui AU-111! I have owned and collected audio gear for years now and have owned Scott, marantz, other sansui amplifiers, conrad johnson, rogue audio, and many other audio gear, which I admired each in their own way, but if I had to narrow my collection to only one amplifier, it would be the Sansui AU-111. Nothing I have ever owned ever bested this amplifer, vintage or new. And for this reason, I will never part with it!

My first little stereo out of high school was a Scott 299-B that I now have another one of and hope never to part with. I have owned so much vintage gear it made my head spin, and I am sad to see it now worth so much that the hobby is no fun anymore for me. After so many other Scotts etc etc, the 299-B has such a sweet, nice sound with the right speakers and is the only way to listen to old Beach Boys LPs

Esoteric K-03. Sold mine once and bought another one two months later. Incredible CD/SACD player and DAC.

Unless I could replace it with a K-01 or K-01x

Never say never. My Audio Research SP3 is the piece I truly hope to keep forever. I guess if the right offer came along I would have to consider it.