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You are invited on a "trip down memory lane".

This thread is, of course, mainly hyperbole (or less kindly B.S.).  But that said, what is an item from your sound system over the course of your journey that you would most want to have back?  I have sold some that I, likely, should not have.  Mine would be the CJ ART pre-amp and the Magnepan MG-20....a distant 3rd and mostly nostalgia would be the Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers. 

whatjd
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@o_holter i have a pair of A-25 with the real wood cabinets that I listen to with a NAD 3020 in the garage..... fun

iF you are in Seattle you can borrow them for a trip down memory lane
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Ah yes, the idea of a 2nd childhood has happened to me repeatedly.  I bought 3 sports cars in a row over a few years...vowing to my mate with each purchase it would be my last.  A Porsche, a Lotus and a Lexus...and now that the mate is gone, I realized the cars were cheaper and more reliable. 

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The 10 tube phono preamp with dual regulated supplies and oversized external transformers I built back in the 80s which my folks threw away in ignorance when I was abroad. Paralleled Mullard M8137 phono stage tubes and CV5042 Brimar black plate cathode followers. Grrr.
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Oh, they also dispatched a Garrard 301 and a box of spare tubes like CV4004/M8137/ECC803S etc. probably worth $000s now.
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VTL Tiny Triodes mono blocks, second version.  Only 500 pairs made.  They were gorgeous, small in stature and could scare the hell out of a lot of speakers much larger than them....... and I stupidly sold them.

I took them to an audio shop to demo a pair of Martin Logan Aerius and they took hold of them and shocked the salesman.  Fun stuff.
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