13 years old, it's been a fun ride...I pretty much have all I ever wanted In a system which includes a Sugden A21 class A integrated, Tannoy Legacy Eaton, Avid Ingenium, Tavish Design Classic phono preamp, Rothwell & Jensen SUT's, Cyrus Cdt, Marantz hd Cd-1 cd player, Border Patrol Dac, Musical Fidelity V90 Dac, Aiwa AD F770 3 head deck, Cambridge/Creek t500/t43 tuner, mini disc player/recorder, even a panasonic 8 track player/recorder...countless phono cartridges both moving magnet/moving coil, several headphone amps, who knows how many headphones (12?), and a host of power conditioners, interconnects, power cords, etc....plus in reserve, I have a Marantz pm14s1 integrated, a Naim 5si integrated, several pair of speakers (wharfedale/martin logan), 2 alternate cassette decks, 5 alternate turntables....I could go on and on....lots of money spent over the many years, but to me worth it.
How long ago did you catch the bug?
My first inkling was about 1972 when a friend mentioned such things as Dual, Thorens, AR, Scott, etc. By '74-'75 I knew about all the Japanese manufacturers (courtesy of a military PX catalog) and about McIntosh. By '76 was using a hand me down all in one Panasonic compact system. The compact system did not last long and very shortly after, '77, came a "proper" 1970's system with such names as Pioneer, Kenwood, Shure, AR, Teac.