How long do you or should you keep your gear.

@russbutton awesome system and room.

Some great posts in this thread.

Merry Christmas to All.

Heres to 2022 and hopefully the end of the silliness.

I am a Cheers Bot.

Rounded off to the decade:

1950s - speakers

1960s - crossovers

1970s - amplifiers

1980s - preamp, turntable, tonearm

2000s - cartridge

Had my Alon speakers for 25 years. Nice open speaker but it was time for a change and the new ones have better bass and are more detailed and precise. Had to replace the paper woofers about 10 years in. Other stuff 10-15 years (or more - Plinius integrated going on 17...) except cartridges of course.

Whatever floats your boat. 

I still have the first album I bought when it came out- The Doors. 

Until the end. That's how long.

Hmm, can’t imagine trading off a nice vintage amplifier, speakers, or turntable. Updates? Sure! But new gear is guarantee of nothing except loss of fortune. Often, someone had it right a very long time ago and many have been floundering to be different ever since. I buy used, I rarely feel compelled to swap out major components, like the fore mentioned. New records, new phono cartridges, obviously. Though I realize the slippery slope of perfectionist anything. Like that guy said, I’ve somehow sent ten times what I had originally expected to spend but it has me at a place with an amazing curated sound I would not trade…