Your Forever Pieces? What and Why?


Pretty sure a number of members have some equipment they have owned forever or intend to where feasible.
Curious as to what, how long so far and why?
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Empire 4000 d/iii since 1990
Grado signature since 1996

Roberjerman, How does the Grace tonearm compare to the Lustre tonearm (sound wise)?
Apogee Duetta Signature speakers purchased in 1991. Sound as good as the day I bought them.
1964 Sansui 1000a tube receiver. 50wpc beast completely restored 2 yrs ago. 
1978 Thorens td-125 mark ii turntable w/
sme 3009 arm and Shure v-15 cart.. 
i just love the sound of this tt. 
2 great vintage pieces I’ve had for decades. 
Koss CM1030s purchased in '81, Now delegated to bedroom
Carver Amazing Silvers, purchased used somewhere around '93
Two Carver TFM-42 Amps, purchased around '89
My two Technics SL-1700mk2 turntables that i recently restored and my Sony TC-K570 3 head cassette deck.