What are the items/models that you have owned more than once? And loaning "software".


Perhaps it is an early sign of insanity, but I have owned a few products more than once....and some of these do go back in time some. 

Large Advents, 
Dahlquist DQ-10
Magnepan 1.6
CJ-12
CJ-ART
Wireworld Gold Eclipse 3
Classe Tuner-1

There are likely others I am not remembering. 

And yes, after "loaning" some people classic, special pressing albums...they required a re-purchase.  Did you ever have a CD returned with what you thought was peanut butter fingerprints on the surface?   Yes, the audiophile world is an extremely small percentage of the population.  With that said, my best friend I trusted with everything I had audio wise and never regretted it, and I do miss him and his intelligence. 


whatjd
I've only owned the following on 2 different occasions. Bought, sold, re-bought, re-sold.....

- Monarchy Audio SM-70Pro class A amplifiers - both times, I owned a pair of them
- Resolution Audio Opus 21 CD player
Quad 57's from '81 - 2000. Now have two pairs bought over the past few years! A classic design that will never go out of style!
A late-production pair of DCM Time Windows. Had them before in use from '77 - '81 when I bought my first pair of Quad 57's. Now have the TW's hooked-up to the Sumo Andromeda amp (designed by James Bongiorno). 
Jim:

If The Stereo Shop was located near Hy-Vee (North of the K-Mart Mall?) I purchased a used pair of JBL S99 speakers from them in 1974.

Sold them 6 months later when I left my small apartment and rented an old victorian with friends.

Were you still there when Hancher Auditorium opened in 1972?

Iowa City was fun...

-Gabe and Walkers
-The Airliner
-The Moody Blues (weird blacklight trip bar)
-"Cocktails" (the local old timer’s bar with no name, just the neon sign)

I worked part time @ Yorgos and then later on @ The Bull Market, when they took over the restaurant.

DeKay
DeKay, The Stereo Shop was on Kirkwood Ave. just east from the "old" Hy-Vee. It was just up the street from a bar that was a very early "biker" bar...where you could go to play pool and perhaps get in a fight. When a new owner took The Stereo Shop over, it was re-named Audio Odyssey.

The Airliner is an icon in Iowa City. Being across from the Old Capitol building, in the heart of the campus is helpful to their business. It used to be a place to sit on a stool in the window and watch the coeds go by...........not that I ever did that.

And yes, I was there for the opening of the original Hancher.  Attended many events at the original Hancher and saw the groups Heart with The Little River Band there.   I saw Steve Martin when he had John Sebastian for his "intro" act.  Sebastian got some ovations to the point where he came back for another song twice.  When Martin finally came out he tip-toed to the mic and said "did you like John Sebastian"...and the crowd cheered wildly...to which Martin replied "last time I'll ever have that son-of-a-bitch".