What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it?

My Klipsch Epic CF 4 speakers. I've had many very nice speakers and they are more dynamic and transparent than any of the 19 I've owned, including Klipschorns. Fourteen years and counting

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Loads of good stuff.

In particular my Rega Kytes (orig) gave me years of pleasure, my Naim 32.5/110 likewise.

However, the best of all, particularly on speech and drama, were my Tannoy Berkeley’s, which I still use to this day, some 12 years later.

The company/name may be so long-ago and forgotten I couldn't find it on google (or is my memory faulty?), but the Transistronics Integrated I had prior to my Kenwood KW40 was definitely the worst piece of equipment I ever had. It was my first step-up from the fine-sounding Heathkit mono amp preamp combo I got from my dad. Did I get it from my uncle? In any case, gritty, dirty, trebly. I was a happy kid when Dad sprung for that Kenwood after we heard it at the hi-fi show.

Being on the older side, I have a lot to choose from.

Like many who have owned the QUAD ESL, they are number one.

Then there is the unique Townshend Audio Rock Turntable, mine being the Elite/Mk.2 version. Mated to it is another keeper, the Zeta tonearm.

Staying with English companies (yes, Max Townshend was an Australian, but Townshend Audio was---and remains---based in England), there is the equally unique London (formally Decca) phono pickups. I bought my first Decca in 1973, before many of ya'll were born.

Already considered classics, my trio of Music Reference power amps (RM-9 MK.2, RM-10 Mk.2, RM-200 Mk.2) will remain in my music room until I die. Don't hold your breathe ;-) .

Amongst Magneplanar enthusiasts, the Tympani T-IVa remains a favorite. I don't currently have a room big enough for my pair to be properly situated, so they are sitting in their original shipping cartons, waiting for the opportunity to once again sing.