What did your system look like 30 years ago?

@mapman 

I remember the Harvey store on 17 quite well. It was on the northbound side and was pretty close where there’s now a Tesla dealer. I used to work in Hackensack so I passed Harvey 2X a day. Bought stuff from them over the years too! There also used to be a Leonard Radio on 17, and Rt 4 had a Tech HIFI. There was another place on Rt4- Stereo Warehouse. Not far, in Ridgewood, was the Sounding Board. Englewood had Stewart’s. Funny that these days when I pass locations that were former hifi shops I always think of what was there. 
I’m a bit north- in Rockland. We had one place in Nanuet. It was a good place until the owner retired and then the son took over. What a gannif/thief! He ran it into the ground. 
These days, the hifi shops in reasonable proximity to me are in white plains, mount kisco, and Cornwall. All three are quite different. In order of preference- mount kisco, Cornwall, then white plains. 
If I get ambitious, and I’ve done it, under 3 hrs and I’m in Binghamton/Vestal

How many of us still has any of the gear we had 30 years ago?

I still have my zerostat, but that’s about it. I’ve owned my turntable 23 years now- so 

my oldest piece of gear is a Marantz tuner. That’s either late 60’s or early 70’s (is there a Marantz serial number database?) 

my McIntosh tuner has been identified as having been made in 1973 (Rich Modaferri told me)

both of these tuners came into my possession within the past few years