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I miss my Marantz 2285B. I sold it to a friend that made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. 

At least I get to go over see it from time to time.
Personally, no.

Save for an Audible Illusions M3A from 20 plus years ago. If only it had a remote control......
My dad and I threw away his Nikko 8085 after trying to fix it. We didnt make any progress, so we just threw it away.

Im sure if we kept it and took it it to a repair shop they would get it going.


I miss my oh so basic Lenco TT.   What a prize and I just let it go!   But then I also miss my uber rare Hofner 500/6 bass too!  I'm still kicking myself after almost 40 years.
Like the saying says though, "you never know what you've got 'till it's gone".
@normansizemore, ditto on the LP12, the best, worst turntable I ever owned. Maybe I got that backwards. Perhaps it should be worst, best.

I've had plenty of vintage equipment. There was a TD 124II/SME . It rumbled so bad you could here it on Klipsch Heresy's during Foxy Lady,
There was the Marantz 7C preamp, it's switches and pots failing and tube sockets a brittle dark amber. An A77 Revox with Dolby! I recorded about 1/2 of my collection thinking I would just take the tapes to college and leave all the vinyl stuff at home. Eventually it's brakes went bonkey and tape would spill all over the place or worse break! I saved up and took it to a reputable person that worked on them for "adjustments" and it got even bonkeyer. I can say that I wouldn't mind having my Krell KMA 100s
back. They were truly first class amp but they ran hotter than hell even with the fan. After 21 years one finally burned up it's output stage. I sold them as is. I should have had them rebuilt but as always I needed the money to help with new amps. Can't live without music. No I really don't miss any of it. Technology moves on and I'm not romantic about machines. My current system is seriously better than anything I've done previously. It always improved on an evolutionary basis over the years. I get the urge for a real to reel once in a while, sort of like the way I get an urge for a motorcycle.  Once in a while.