What Equipment Remains In Your System Long Term?



Reading through the various discussion forums, I see that Audiogoners value the constituent pieces that make up their systems differently. For example, some may be fond of a powerful set of monoblock amps that up the cornerstone of their system for many years. They will go through many combinations of associated equipment while never contemplating changing their beloved amps. Others take the same approach with a favorite set of speakers. I usually build my system around my current speakers, though in recent years I have acquired a set of BEL 1001 amps that I feel will be around for a long time. What criteria do you use to decide what equipment remains a long term resident in your system?

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My Phillips CD-80 I still use as a transport. I still own a DUAL CS-5000 TT till I can find a good deal on one. My old reliable B&K ST-202 just broke. WIll be replacing it. Wish I had sold it now.
To this day, all of my equipment decisions have been based around an early 80's melco turntable,sumiko THE ARM, and Koestsu rosewood with either the ARC sp-10 or mfa luminesence preamp as my reference.Kept my otl servo amps from the original acoustat X [1978]now extensively modded to drive the 2+2 panels which are still in use.
My three B&K ST-140's,they act as a six ch. multi amp.Ten years now.Just tossed a JVC s-vhs deck that cost me 900.00 twenty years ago.Good bye forever.
My trusty JVC 1050 zn CD player highly praised by the Absolute Sound in 1990 and rightly so. Used as a transport. There may be much better, I'm sure, but with my Bel Canto DAC 1.1 I am satisfied enough until I can get over the fact that I am going to have to dig deep to best this combo by a substantial enough margin to bite the bullet.
My Linn is from 1980. I suppose it is a little like the farmer with his 23 year old hoe. He changed the handle 8 times and the blade 5 times. I changed the arm twice and added all the other tricks. But my new cartrige every four years really keeps the thrills coming. Then there is my coal fired amp...