@charles1dad , I think you might misunderstand. People hang on to their equipment, sometimes for life **regardless of the equipment**. To say that it "never goes one way" as you did earlier must be seen by a reasonable person as incorrect. That's all.
I was simply illustrating from personal experience that this is so.
The most common theme I hear when people actually tell me why they sell our gear (the second most common theme being they bought speakers our amps won't drive) is that they are downsizing or simplifying their setup (although its unclear what the latter means; if simplifying the signal path, the only amps I know of that have a simpler signal path are the First Watt DIY amps which have a single output transistor as the sole aspect of the signal path). As tube amps go we only have one gain stage which is about as simple as it can get.
I was simply illustrating from personal experience that this is so.
The most common theme I hear when people actually tell me why they sell our gear (the second most common theme being they bought speakers our amps won't drive) is that they are downsizing or simplifying their setup (although its unclear what the latter means; if simplifying the signal path, the only amps I know of that have a simpler signal path are the First Watt DIY amps which have a single output transistor as the sole aspect of the signal path). As tube amps go we only have one gain stage which is about as simple as it can get.