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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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jundaku
27 posts
 

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. 

jerrybj
869 posts
 

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.

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jasonbourne52
2,863 posts
 

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

kcpellethead
137 posts
 

Had enough equipment for three systems plus. Upgraded my speakers and realized the potential of my main system. So, this past month, I’ve sold a ton of gear, the proceeds of which will now go into my main system. In fact, I’d down to deciding on amps, then I’d like to think I’m done for awhile. Of course, picking up a new preamp this weekend, I heard a pair of Rockport Cygnus. Holy cow!  I have the sickness, don’t I?

ghdprentice
7,197 posts
 

I am now getting close to seventy. I upgraded before retiring… and was happily able to do my biggest upgrade a couple years ago after retirement. During this cycle I traded in stuff at each purchase. This had the advantage of giving my dealer discounts that would otherwise not been possible. Got rid of the extra turntable, $2K pairs of interconnects (3)… 2 B&W 800 subwoofers, etc. Yeah, it is starting to get to be the time of life to getting rid of all that stuff you will probably not use and clutters your life… and having a system or two that are the very best you have achieved.

I can’t tell you how great it is to sit down each day in front of the very best system I have heard… one that reflects my appreciation of music, one that actually looks amazing. It is really rewarding. One of the things the 75 hour weeks over the last fifty years has earned.

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