Are You An Equipment Swapper or Not?

[MylesBAstor]

My reference system stays pretty steady:

VPI Classic Direct: ~2 years
cj ART amps: 6 years
cj GAT preamplifier: 7 years and just updated to Series 2
Magico S5: going on two years
Atlas: just updated after 3 years or so
Doshi V3.0 phonostage: newest addition, under a year

[Johnny Vinyl]

No. My budget won't allow me too. I need a good Lottery win.

EDIT:
Genesis G7.1f speakers: 4 years
Marantz Ref PM-KI-Pearl: 3 years
Oracle Paris MkV: 1.5 years
Dynavector DV20x2L : 1 year
Pioneer RT-909: 1.5 years.

[SpectralMorn]

I have picked up quiet a few bits and bobs over the years, but I tend to hold onto things rather than sell them on.

[Rob]

Is there any hobby or endeavour where their practitioners don't regularly swap or change out their gear?

[Dr.Ears]

Jewish divorces are expensive, but well worth it.

[rockitman]

Nope. I get what I want and I stick with it. I don't like making bad decisions that would put me in a position to want to change in the first place. I think it's a waste of money. I do respect those that do change equipment like underwear... What ever floats your boat is fine by me. I prefer wasting excess money in other $$$ draining hobbies...like cars for example.

[wspohn]

I also waste/spend a lot on far too many cars (just sold one and sold another couple over the past 2-3 years so sitting at 7 right now). At least it is cheaper than boats!

[Kingrex]

I drive my cars to the grave. I get something good then use the heck out of it. Not abuse, use. I am always changing fluids and filters.

My Stereo Is getting close to complete. Mostly tuning it now. I won't buy a major part till I retire in 10 years, then maybe build a room to hold the Pure Audio Quintet.

[Rob]

The need to change is like a bad itch that has to be scratched, it has nothing to do with whether the initial decision was a good one or a bad one. I'm into my music again, when it was P-cars I threw away stupid money in a very short time. I'm a lot smarter about how I allocate resources, I hate loosing money like the next guy and have mitigated it to the point its a non-issue.

[MylesBAstor]

How people made bad decisions that they regretted later?

[Dr.Ears]

You mean besides getting married and having children?

[MylesBAstor]

Take my wife please.

[Kingrex]

I bounced through a few DAC before I discovered the Server was far more Important for great playback. That was a waste of money.

[Johnny Vinyl]

How people made bad decisions that they regretted later?

Making bad decisions, whether in regards to hobbies or anything else, is not something to be regretted, but rather learned from. Regret invokes negative energy...something I try and distance myself from.

[allenh]

Nope. I get what I want and I stick with it. I don't like making bad decisions that would put me in a position to want to change in the first place. I think it's a waste of money. I do respect those that do change equipment like underwear... What ever floats your boat is fine by me. I prefer wasting excess money in other $$$ draining hobbies...like cars for example.

When I first started into this hobby, I stuck with my gear for years, if not a decade or more (Rowland, Aerial 10Ts that I still have). Getting back into the hobby around 2010 or so I've swapped more gear and lost more money than I care to admit. Regrets? Quite a few in the recent past. But I feel my system is really settling into place and now I can focus on my LP collection. Carts and cables may be the only thing I really play with in the foreseeable future.

[rockitman]

Making bad decisions, whether in regards to hobbies or anything else, is not something to be regretted, but rather learned from. Regret invokes negative energy...something I try and distance myself from.

Good point. Most of the time bad decisions lead to better one's the next time....hopefully.

[Garth]

Buy and Hold

[1morerecord2clean]

Let's see. Threshold amp 1994, Hovland preamp 2001, revel Studios 1999, TW Raven and Tri Planar 2009. Do I qualify for the switching club? Probably not. Married 29 years one time. I guess I pick my women and audio equipment the same way. But some of the equipment will get swapped soon. New TW arm probably later this year. I have the IFi phono 2 on order since I am space challenged and I am not ready to ditch digital for rack space.

[MylesBAstor]

Good point. Most of the time bad decisions lead to better one's the next time....hopefully.

That's part of the reason I became a reviewer. In other words, prevent others from making the mistakes I did. Learning from our mistakes is useful but sometimes we often attribute the issues to the wrong things. For years people eschewed direct drive tables only to find out the technology was solid but the implementation was flawed. Same could probably be said about solid-state gear and even RBCD now.

[Steve Lefkowicz]

Main components only:
Linn LP12 - 32 years
B&K ST-140 - 19 years
Antique Sounds Labs MG-SI15DT-S - 16 years
Sound Dynamics 300ti - 19 years
Tekton Lore - 4 years.

I think that's pretty "stable"!

I have a whole lot of other gear of various vintage, mostly in storage. I've had Linn Kans since 1990 (bought used) and VMPS RM2neos for about 15 years, though they have been in storage since about 2010.

Bad decision? Letting my Acoustat Monitors go when I sold my house in 1988.

[JCOConnell]

I don't swap. Most of my gear I've had between 10 and 20 years. Newest things are my carts and those are 5 yr "old" carts. Main reasons I don't swap is I'm satisfied for the most part, and don't have the megabucks for true high end gear to replace the stuff anyway.