How long have you had the SAME GEAR?

in your dreams, jd, in your dreams.

-cfb

gear

I upgrade slowly and almost always buy used
then my old pieces make it to the bedroom and office systems
I can't bear to give away anything
and what's funny is a sytem that was my main sytem 5 years ago is now my bedroom hand me downs

speakers 2 years VOn Schweikert VOrtex Screens
may upgrade to a friend's 4 MK II's soon
bedroom set 4 years old B&W Matrix 2's
gave old DCM time windows to brother, B&W 302's in office

preamp - 3 months ARC LS5, before that 2 years Arc LS2
(I plan on keeping this baby a long long time)
10 year old integrated NAD 3400 runs bedroom system
3 year old nad 7100 receiver in the office setup

amp - ARC d300 solid state - no plans to upgrade
had 1 year

tape deck Nakamichi Lx 5 bought in 1984
still works like a charm, only do tapes in car
don't want to scratch cds
Nak bx2 in bedroom setup, sometimes used to dub tapes

cd transport - teac (wadia base) is a new purchase here
evs millenium ii dac - will not part with it!
Cal audio labs - Icon - 3 years old and moving to bedroom
old Nakamichi oms5 (13 years)in office
old Cal aria 5 years (tube analog) may sell or shift to bedroom

bang and olufsen turntable 1984 - hardly ever use
in bedroom system

cables - upgrade the main system
the older stuff goes to the bedroom setup

I won't spare you vcr and dvd player swapping
my girlfriend gets the old stuff

My Tabs just celebrated 10 years of flawless service.

Life is good!