An audio component you just can't let go

I have to list equipment that was lost in a house fire this year as equipment I would have never sold or willingly parted with. a pristine pair of VMPS tower II SE speakers that served as the mains in the theater room and in equally high status was a pair of VMPS larger subwoofers. Each sub was blessed with a 12" and 15" driver plus a 15" PR. That is a lot of cone area. I had a carver 1.5t that had been restored driving the main speakers and a pair of AR-3a that had been rebuilt to new specs for rear channel speakers driven by a Carver PM-900 that was in good shape when I got it. A yamaha t85 tuner as well as my 2nd and 'keeper' turntable Technics SL-d1. I had an aging Yamaha 6 ch receiver that I liked very much. Not much power in stand alone mode but it worked well as a pre-amp. Replacing all of that now is going to prove a daunting task.

For me, my timeless component is my Scott 350D tuner. My area still has good, even vital FM radio, and I love the way this tuner presents the music - rich and colorful and absolutely engaging. When it is a live broadcast of music, it might be my most true-to-life piece of equipment.

David

My Technics SL1350 TT,Sony STR 7065,Both from 1973...they still worked sound good.

I’ll never part with my Linn LP12. I have changed many components over the year. 6 dac in 2 years. The LP12 is there since 2013 and will never leave. 

My Brooks Berdan custom modified SME IV tonearm. Both fortunately and unfortunately, he fitted it with the thinnest silver Cardas wiring, shot closed foam in the armtube for elimination of resonance and epoxied both ends of the tonearm and RCA box so it may die one day.

Also, I don’t anticipate upgrading my speakers unless I become wealthy (Von Schweikert VR9....to an Ultra 9 or 7).

Also, I don’t anticipate upgrading my amps, Westminster Labs REI or CD transport Jays Audio CDt3 Mk3.

Everything else is open to change without any date or really desire at this time. Dumped most of the tweaks as unnecessary with high end equipment.