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Most enduring audio purchase

What has stuck with you through thick and thin, through upgrades, and through downsizing?

For me it's easy- bought in 1985, used frequently, works perfectly- my Zerostat!

I'm on my 5th set of speakers since then, been through 4 amps and on my 2nd integrated, 6th CD player, 3 tuners, 3rd turntable, 6th cartridge, 5 preamps, 2 phono pres, 5 headphones ( and I adore my current headphones & headphone amp combo) but my Zerostat (red) rocks!
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mofimadness
5,225 posts
 
VPI HW-16. Serial number 15. One of the first and still
going strong over 30 years later. It's cleaned thousands and
thousands of records. Never a problem.
rcprince
3,079 posts
 
My Basis Ovation turntable, bought used in 1992 (I did upgrade it with the Debut's platter, bearing and vacuum system at some point in the early 2000s), my HW-16.5 RCM, bought a little earlier, and my Merrill Stable Table rack on which the turntable has been sitting for all those years.
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roxy54
8,110 posts
 
My McIntosh 2105 amplifier. No longer my primary, but still sounds great, and I will be hooking it up tonight while I wait for a replacement tube or a tube that failed in my main amp to arrive.
mechans
3,048 posts
 
I bought a pair of black Klipsch Heresy in 1978 and still have them. I no longer use them as my primary speakers but have decided to pass them down to my son just as my Dad did with his 1959 JBL C38 cabinets with D130s 15 inch extended range mid/woofers and 075 tweeters, And yes they still sound pretty good.
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