What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it?


My favorite piece(s)  are  (and I still own them) the Martin Logan Ethos lousdpeakers and Soudsmith Paua cartridge.  As far as speakers go, electrostats are my favorite and will replace them with another set of electrostats.  I'm currently eyeing MUR Audio SP1's.  These two pieces make my rig sound great.  
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HK 150 wpc integrated amp circa late ‘80s early 90s capable of +/- 80 amps instantaneous current. A real brute for then something shy of $900; Wall to Wall Sound if you’re old enough to recall and not to old to forget ;). Wish I still had it. Attempted one costly repair that didn’t last and moved on. Might have tried again if I would have considered dragging around a 40lb paperweight.  

Interesting seems as if mostly everyone’s favs are from yesteryear and not today’s new, improved, and much more costly.
Pair of big Vandersteen 4 speakers from mid-'80s. Bought them used; they arrived on a semi-trailer that was too big to get in the driveway. Had to walk them 200 ft to the house w/dollies. 

These have built in subs, each one = 2 X 12" woofers connected via steel bar in push/pull configuration. The very flexible tri-wire system allowed use of SS on the subs & tubes on mids/treble, which is what I did.

They're still the finest sound I ever heard from speakers. And they're still stored in a closet here in our 2nd house (moved in 1991, nowhere to put that big audio system).
I bought a MC240 from a friend back in the 90’s. Was driving it from a Counterpoint SA 5.1 preamp. I sold them to buy a new Cary SLI-50 (which I still have and will never sell)

Very much wish I had never sold them, should’ve kept them and bought the Cary as a 2nd.

At the time, I didn’t fully appreciate what I had or what they were capable of. Was too young I guess. Got into tubes without  due diligence, and didn’t understand how the tubes I had in the units were sub standard, old and generally not up to snuff. Fresh tubes all around and a recap of the MC240 would’ve changed everything. I have every intention of at a minimum getting another Counterpoint. One day...
Our AR-XA turntable. A piece of art that sounds great and just paid to have it restored to it glory.
What a great thread, and it reveals the amazing breadth of terrific equipment over the years

I often copy and paste members equipment in threads, just to see/learn what they are excited about or asking for help.

This thread is too huge for that, but the diverse enthusiasm is infectious.