components in your system

albertporter: if it were software would it still be a woody? anyway, segue back to retro's question: the only thing in my "system" that is truly irreplaceable is my software, most particularly the lp's i searched for years to find. everything else will be replaced at some point or another; to borrow from david byrne, "just as it ever was, just as it ever was....."

No Albert, it's a fruit woodie, Persimmon to be exact and it's never had to take a blood presure pill in it's life/existance.

I never thought of the source material and even that (for me) has gone with time or changed format. I no longer have reel to reel tapes or 8 tracks. I don't have much vinyl left (and nothing to play it back on). We still have quite a few cassettes, much of which never made it to CD as far as I can tell, but I have considered renting some pro gear and transferring (burning) them to CD. The only things that I have ever owned more than twelve years were a pair of Mac 30's that I would gladly take back today and a Quad 303/33/FM3 set up that I was partial to, so I guess that they (the Mac's) would have survived ownership had my judgment and foresight been a little keener fifteen years ago. Wouldn't mind having my LS3/5a's back either. Only the music from some source or another seems to survive out of necessity.

Dekay-No offense, but I believe it was " same as it ever was", simultaneously striking forhead with hand dressed in large suit. Sorry, saw it live in my much younger days, hard to forget, "once in a lifetime" experience. Cheers, Mark Did you ever get the APC?

Sorry, I'm blind- the above relates to cornfed re the Heads, not Dekay. Humble apologies