I'm one of the more unusual folks here, I guess. Don't change stuff all that frequently and have kept all the stuff I really liked. All of my "vintage" gear is at least 28 years old. Only bought one piece used and the Sansui was a hand-me-down from my parents in 1976.
Purchase date, oldest to newest:
1970 Sansui 1000x receiver (AM section out, bedroom system)
1972 Stanton Parastat Mk. IIA brush (retired now but still pretty)
1975 Discwasher brush (still in use)
1980 Discwasher brush (still in use)
1981 Tandberg TCD440A cassette deck (in primary system)
1983 RGR Model 4-1 preamp (just recapped)
1983 Rogers Studio 1 speakers (primary system mains)
1984 Sota Sapphire turntable (in primary system MC)
1986 Belles Model 1 power amp (in 5.1 subsystem for surrounds)
1989 Pioneer PL-15 DII turntable (bought used, in primary system MM)
Still have 2 original pressing LPs I played through that old Sansui when my folks would let me back when, too: Cat Stevens, Teaser and the Firecat and Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water. They're even still playable, to a point.
Much happy listening here.
Purchase date, oldest to newest:
1970 Sansui 1000x receiver (AM section out, bedroom system)
1972 Stanton Parastat Mk. IIA brush (retired now but still pretty)
1975 Discwasher brush (still in use)
1980 Discwasher brush (still in use)
1981 Tandberg TCD440A cassette deck (in primary system)
1983 RGR Model 4-1 preamp (just recapped)
1983 Rogers Studio 1 speakers (primary system mains)
1984 Sota Sapphire turntable (in primary system MC)
1986 Belles Model 1 power amp (in 5.1 subsystem for surrounds)
1989 Pioneer PL-15 DII turntable (bought used, in primary system MM)
Still have 2 original pressing LPs I played through that old Sansui when my folks would let me back when, too: Cat Stevens, Teaser and the Firecat and Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water. They're even still playable, to a point.
Much happy listening here.