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No! Newer gear is SO much better. Although it costs WAY more than my old gear.
I miss tape now and then.  Had a Teac reel to reel (X-7R) and an A-450, top loader cassette deck.  The rituals of threading the reels/setting the levels, etc., were “appealing” in retrospect...quaint.  They sounded good, no denying it, particularly the reel to reel.
Would I trade my Node 2i and Tidal to have it all back?

...naaaaah.
My Altec Lansing model 19s. The first song I heard on these was Black cow by Steely Dan. Totally hooked on them after that. I’m curious about how they would hold up to my current system.
I sure do. Sold a fully refurbished Krell KSA-250  amp 10 years ago and missed it ever since. Arguably the best sounding power amp I have ever owned. The other item of HiFi equipment I regret selling were a pair of Yamaha  NS1000M speakers I purchased new in the early 80s and sold 6 years ago. That was a mistake, they looked and sounded stunning. But, hope is on the horizon, thinking about buying a pair of Yamaha NS5000 speakers. Every review I have read on these speakers rates them very highly. So, if you are a former NS1000M owner that upgraded to NS5000, I would love to hear from you.
Yes, of course! I can’t believe I sold my Pristine Sansui 9090DB, or my McIntosh C-29, C-28, C-26 (the 26 is the one to have), or the MC-2300 (I miss it every day!), or my HK Citation 17, my EMT 927, my Pioneer RT1050, my Mark Levinson ML-2,s, my Krell KSA 50 ( what was I thinking), my GAS Grandson, my Nakamichi 1000, 600 and 500, my SUMO Electra II, my marantz 7, my EPI 500’s, my ESS LS5’s, all my Phase Linear 400 & 4000, my ReVox B77, my Crown 822, I can go on and on.
Then I realize it’s okay.  They are all in a good home someplace and what I’ve kept are the units I can’t seem to live without. But, yes I do miss just about everything at one time or another. I think the only think I don’t miss, is my LP12..... no, not one bit. =)

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