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Keeping Hifi Equipment For Sentimental Values

I am just wondering if anybody has kept a piece of hifi equipment just for sentimental values and nothing else. I recently just disposed off the last piece of audio equipment of my first audio system set up a decade ago during my college years when I sold my B&W CDM1SE speakers. It sure has some sentimental values to me in bringing back some memories of the residence hall in my campus but I thought I don't really need it anymore so decided it's time for the speakers to find a new owner that can appreciate it better. I have managed to hang on as long as I can to the speakers.

So, does anybody still keep any piece of hifi equipment throughout all these years although you don't use it or need it? If there is, what sentimental values does that piece of gear has in preventing you from selling it?
ryder
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I have hooked up to my system a tube McIntosh MR-65 tuner. I still listen to it from time to time. It also has a powerful sentimental value because it brings back wonderful memories of the old days when I was just starting out in this hobby.
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mapman
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Yes, but only if it also still sounds good as well.

I did a custom rebuild of my old Ohm L's that I bought 30 years ago in college (see my system listing). They were the first speaks I owned that I liked enough to hold onto for a long time, and I would rather keep them and use them to experiment rather than get rid of them.

One could say that liking or loving anything is an emotional response, so in that sense we would not want or keep anything if not for sentimental attachment.
samhar
1,048 posts
 
I still have a complete system from the early 80's!!
Sonab 116 speakers
John Iverson Eagle 2 amp
Luxman C-12 preamp
Luxman G-11 equalizer
Luxman T-12 tuner
Thorens 165 turntable
Kimber Kable 8PR S/C
Recently sold: Teac A-3300 SX 1/2 track reel to reel deck
Dahlquest DQ-10's

The two pieces I'm attached to are the Sonab 116 and the Eagle 2. I'v been planning to set these up in a reading room. The Sonabs aren't big but fill the room and the Eagle was fast and powerful. The eagle was used with the DQ-10's mostly and the 116's were paired with Dyna ST-70's.
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