Are you a keeper or a flipper?

I am a “keeper”.  I have made very few changes since I started this hobby in 1973 and changes were made for purpose.  Over that time I only had 4 systems that I can generalize as follows 70’s Pioneer/Advent, 80’s Amber/DCM Time Windows, 90’s Krell/Apogee, current retirement system Burmester/Vivid.  Changes for purpose include, without limitation:

1. technology change (phono only to CD, CD to streaming, newer DAC technology, or planar to modern dynamic speaker designs),
2. where my analysis of my system’s sound quality leads me to a specific improvement in a specific area (a recent, successful cable change to provide more detailed harmonic richness as opposed to previous stress on detailed clarity).
3. admittedly, when financial means permitted a spend at a higher price point category, but only for a goal of a specific improvement in  mind and only after extensive research, auditioning, and internal struggles of whether there was a favorable benefit/cost ratio.  

 I've never sold any of my audio equipment, and still have every piece of gear I've bought since 1977.  I use most of it in the multiple systems I utilize.  I enjoy listening to different sonics: all vintage systems, newer systems, tube setups, solid state, a mix, Chi-Fi, horn speaker setups, etc.

I'm lucky to have a wife that tolerates a system in almost every room of the house, although I'm certain the day I kick the bucket she will be utilizing the spreadsheet I've put together showing current resale values .

I try to buy it right the first time. By once, cry once. I'll keep what I have until I can find something that I enjoy better and that I can afford.  I'm a keeper.

I want to be a keeper... but there is always something new that brings me in.

I am also a tweaker...

ozzy

I thought everyone here was a flipper