I currently have two Quad 303s and two Leak Stereo 20s, one of each in use, the other a spare/investment/potential donor unit. I’ve also got almost enough parts to build another TD-124! I have four SME 3009s too, but three of them are just investments really (they do far better than savings in the bank!).
I’ve revisited quite a lot of kit over the years and doing so has unquestionably helped me decide what I want from audio, and perhaps more importantly, what I don’t. It took me quite a long time to grasp that I just don’t like many of the directions audio has taken since I first took a real interest in the late ‘70s and it has been very useful sticking stuff I loved decades ago back in the system and realising I still feel the same. My long-term audio memory seems refreshingly accurate!
The thing that makes me laugh is how little I’ve actually moved in four decades. I’ve kind of gone full-circle. As many here know I revisited JR149s, my first ever proper hi-fi speaker. This ended up being quite a project and involved extensively rebuilding a pair, really only retaining the cab and crossover board, but once done they are even better than I remember. I could very happily run these as my main system speakers and actually listen to them at least as often as the huge Lockwood Tannoys downstairs. One thing one always has to do when revisiting old stuff is to be absolutely sure it is working exactly as it should otherwise there really is no point.