How much gear do you own?


Do you have multiples of amps, preamps, speakers, cables, etc?

I do, and am starting to realize it's leaning hard toward a sickness rather than a passionate hobby.  Either that, or I'm getting up in age and tired of all the "stuff" I've acquired taking up so much space.

I went through a phase about ten years ago where I got tired of stereo gear and dumped most of it.  I really regretted it after a few years and acquired most (and then much more) back.

But this time it feels different somehow.  And I really think it has to do with my age...pushing 60.

Others go through this?

Thoughts?

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I'm not very smart for a deaf guy. I have 6 working systems and a bunch of tube amps in storage. I'm still not ready to sell off my stuff, I still have one good ear, LOL. My stuff is not a burden to me but it might be for my heirs....LOL. I won't care, I'll be dead... 

I buy, sell, and trade gear all of the time.  Right now I'm trying to down size once I realized my guest room was just audio gear...

Currently I have 3 systems: my reference sonus faber & macintosh system, my Frankenstein home theater (7.1) of random gear, and another 2.1 setup w/ sonus faber & rotel.  Outside of that I have only 4 pairs of speakers sitting in my garage with 2 preamps, 2 amps, 1 avr, and 1 DAC on the shelf. 

60 coming up.

Only 1 turntable.

But 5 pairs of speakers. 9 headphones. 4 Dacs. 4 USB/SPIDF converters. 9 amps.

 

Time to let most of them go. Noticed lately that resell price has dropped dramatically.

I have three rooms full of audio gear and guitars! Enough to equip a store! Too much is never enough!