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You are invited on a "trip down memory lane".

This thread is, of course, mainly hyperbole (or less kindly B.S.).  But that said, what is an item from your sound system over the course of your journey that you would most want to have back?  I have sold some that I, likely, should not have.  Mine would be the CJ ART pre-amp and the Magnepan MG-20....a distant 3rd and mostly nostalgia would be the Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers. 

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@bdp24 yes, one of my most enduring memories is early winter 1965 a truck showing up and unloading big boxes into our almost 20’x40’ ancient house living room - like no furniture besides the B-305 in cherry and built in cabinet around fireplace to house records and the stereo: 1961 MC-240, 1965 MX-110Z, Dual 1019 and a Shure. My mom was a music school grad and could play piano and accordion and Dad could play trumpet. I don’t think they bought a TV until 1970...

I know exactly when the Hook was set.. Peter and the Wolf....

I still have the MC gear in my Seattle vintage system along w furniture from them... another reason for your music visit :-)
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@o_holter i have a pair of A-25 with the real wood cabinets that I listen to with a NAD 3020 in the garage..... fun

iF you are in Seattle you can borrow them for a trip down memory lane
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Ah yes, the idea of a 2nd childhood has happened to me repeatedly.  I bought 3 sports cars in a row over a few years...vowing to my mate with each purchase it would be my last.  A Porsche, a Lotus and a Lexus...and now that the mate is gone, I realized the cars were cheaper and more reliable. 

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The 10 tube phono preamp with dual regulated supplies and oversized external transformers I built back in the 80s which my folks threw away in ignorance when I was abroad. Paralleled Mullard M8137 phono stage tubes and CV5042 Brimar black plate cathode followers. Grrr.
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Oh, they also dispatched a Garrard 301 and a box of spare tubes like CV4004/M8137/ECC803S etc. probably worth $000s now.
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