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Oh that picture of a Marantz... OK are you ready? In my closet and office now I've got: Marantz Quad receivers 4415, 420 with SQA1 and wired remotes. Kenwood integrated amp. NAD monitor pre/Tuner and amp. Akai 4 channel reel to reel and stereo cassette. 2 pair of 4 channel headphones, plus 3 pair of normal headphones. KH FM tuner. Sony SLHF-1000 Super Beta VRC and MDP-700 Laserdisc. And speakers, of course! PSB/ADS/Rat Shack speakers (11 in total). Plus four PC monitors -one is Sony flat panel. Of course, my main stereo would qualify as well. And everyday I peruse audiogon and eBay for more, MORE! Hey, instead of spending megabucks for a new component, I hope that someone will sell me a lightly used ARC VT60 for $400 on a divorce sale. Oh I also have almost 20 years of TAS, TPV, Stereophile and SGHT in that same big closet!

Too much to list, your server's disk isn't that big! :-) Highlights include: - McIntosh MX110 tube preamp/tuner - McIntosh 225 power amp a pair of which I managed to hold onto until their obsolete 7591 power tubes were put back into production.

Give your old pieces to a younger relative to seed a new crop of audiophiles!

I have an old Marantz in the basement. It's a four channel system, I forget the model number. It's in great shape and still has the orignal blue lighting. Gotta keep it.

Marantz Model 2275! Given to me as a gift by my brother-in-law who (obviously!) doesn't appreciate this piece of jewelry. Thank God for his ignorance, otherwise I wouldn't have owned this excellent receiver. His loss, my gain!

because it sounds so good!

Solid State pure class A integrated amp. Took electronics in high-school in which we studied amplifier design and designed and built the thing from $50 of parts. Not the greatest sound amp but hey...I built it myself!

No, just old albums for sentimental reasons. Old equipment from my past was sold, traded, destroyed with all the pleasure of upgrading.

Still have A Sony STR-V55 "Pulse Power Amp" receiver and a Sony TC-K71 Stereo Cassette Deck. Both pieces of equipment still work just as well as the day I first plugged them in in 1980 (a testament to the longevity of Solid State gear). The cassette deck is still part of my main system while the receiver powers my secondary system. They are still with me because of their performance not nostalgia. Now for the nostalgia. I still have an AR turntable purchased in 1969. It has nowhere near the performance of newer machines but is simple and clean in appearance and as close to visual art as any piece of equipment I own. Can't seem to part with it.

Yes, a Yamaha CR 1020 receiver bought in 1977. It was my main component until 1992 when I started anew the high end hobby. It needs work but will serve as the center of the "bedroom theater".

Nothing lurking, but I have heaps of old cameras in the cupboard, not all working. Somehow I just like the engineering and what they were in their time.

dBX III, ADS CD3

My first ever CD player. 1989-vintage JVC. I have not been able to find anything with a user interface half as good, and, well, there is a lot of sentimental value there. It has developed an ailment in the analog section, but I am planning to use it as a transport with a decent DAC for my first true high-end digital source.

MARANTZ 2230

Not yet. because I'm a new audiophile—but I'm not the kind of guy to throw stuff out.

Yamahan 1040 receiver, Nakamichi 581 cassette deck, and Bang and Olufsen 8000 turntable. They were purchased in 1981, 1982, and 1983, respectively. I was in my senior year when I bought the Yamaha, the Nak was the first thing I picked up once I found a job, and the B&O followed. This was a really nice mid-fi system at the time, when at best, my friends might have had rack systems. The reson I kept them was because resale value was so low, that it seemed like a waste to trade them in when I descovered the existence of High End. At least they keep the floor of my in-laws attice from flying away.

Heatkit AR 1500 receiver. Cost me $400 back in '73 (about $1200 today). Still my main system. It has never given me any trouble. Nothing beats it today at less than $4000.

Sansui 8080, still in use today. This monster of a receiver, which looks a great deal like the one displayed here, still performs beautifully and with little strain. Everything on it works, and it is built like a DC-3.

Yes. There most certainly is. It is my Nakamichi BX-300 Cassette Deck. I bought it brand new in 1987, and it has been repaired only twice in the 15 years that I've had it. It has been a workhorse for me ever since. Nevermind that the cassette is a dying format right now, and that it hardly gets used nowadays, my Nakamichi BX-300 is kind of like what a first love/first girlfriend is. You never seem to want to let go and move on. If all else goes in my system sometime down the line, only two components will stay with me through eternity. And those components will be my Magnum Dynalab FT-101 FM Tuner and my Nakamichi BX-300 Cassette Deck. Nuff Said.

Scott receiver/Technics turntable/Pioneer loudspeakers, all from around 1984. Even on this system, vinyl sounds better than you might think.

ProAc Extended Bass Tablets.

a very highend nakamichi cassette deck. it is such a well engineered piece of equipment that i hate to give it up. i recently took it out of storage and have been giving serious consideration to selling off to an "enthusiast" who would get some enjoyment out of it.

I still have my Technics SA-360 on my desk at work that I bought in 84. It still sounds better then the consumer stuff today.

Sumo Athena preamp. It was my first preamp and still works. But the bypass/passive only works in the right channel.

Well lets see . . . several turntables, a Sony cassette recorder, two pairs of speakers, and a Yamaha receiver.

I have a yamaha T-2 tuner and a Denon Dp60L turntable. I will never part with either

a 1976? Harmon Kardon FM Receiver that a neighbor passed on to me. I do not really need it but these were great products in their time.

KLH Model 20

Techniques 25w AM/FM receiver I bought in 1972. It just looks too good to sell. Even my wife wants me to keep it and put it one of the bedrooms. In fact, I find it very had to sell any quality audio gear I have. I also seem to buy older gear even though I don't need it. Such is the case with a HH Scott solid state RS-250 AM/FM receiver I picked up at a Ham Radio flea market for $20.

Infinity QLS-1 speakers