During the late 70's, I sold my entire system which at the time was a GAS Son of Ampzilla, Kenwood LO7C preamp, Sansui tuner, Teac A450 Cassette deck, JVC Direct Drive Turntable with a GAS sleeping Beauty MC cartridge. Speakers were Ambient 66 (company has long folded). I also sold all my records which at the time was probably around 500-600 LP's.
No, I wasn't insane, I sold everything to fund my wifes college education, For 5 years, the only music in the house came from a $29.00 Sony transistor radio! Five years later, I started building very slowly, starting off with an all Fisher system (horrible sounding) and one by one replaced all the Fisher components over the years to what I own now. I cried the day my system and records were finally gone but my wife got a good job with her education, so it's all good.
No, I wasn't insane, I sold everything to fund my wifes college education, For 5 years, the only music in the house came from a $29.00 Sony transistor radio! Five years later, I started building very slowly, starting off with an all Fisher system (horrible sounding) and one by one replaced all the Fisher components over the years to what I own now. I cried the day my system and records were finally gone but my wife got a good job with her education, so it's all good.