Some pics of what I'm using and not using right now.

Yes SLP1200 - I love it, it's my third one. First two I had died so I swapped them for this one which has been completely stripped, cleaned, repaired and rebuilt. All new buttons and switches. It's picky about reading discs with any smudges or scratches though, which is why I've also got the Sony X505ES. That's also good just not as good.

There's also a Parasound CDPi1000 visible in the third picture. Rack mount front. That's a cut above as well.

Wow, plenty speakers to play with. I always liked that idea. Good amount of space behind them too. That opens up the sound no end Andy gives you many more options AFAIC.

No chance!

if you want one have a word with Mr Whippy on TAS forum. He did mine and he's fixed the two broken ones I swapped him for as well. he did have a pile of them, don't know if he has got any left. 

or you can go on German eBay and pay £1500 quid for one...

Sort of but also means I can't get the best out of speakers that need to be close to a wall - the opposite problem to what most people have.

I can set up to fire across the room as well as down it, the separate A/V system does that. But I prefer firing down the length by a margin

All the space behind does help with giving the depth to recordings, but like everything it is a compromise of sorts.

Looks like, a good room for Quads. I used to like wall reinforced designs but not many that I still like today.

I know and thought about getting QUADS many times. Don't think I could live with bass that does not come from a box though. 

The rooms big enough that I don't have any problem with bass nodes causing booming even with speakers that go really low. Ceiling is quite high too, 9.5 feet. 

When I was working in a hifi shop, I took a pair of 57s in px. I deemed them on the shop floor to get interest. Played them to one guy who was amazed at the lack of box coouration.

Then I realised I’d switched the comparator back to the JPWs sat behind them!

They were just too sloooow for me. 63s had better bass but weren’t as good at the things that Qiads do well. I really wish the Naim electrostatic had made it into production. Might’ve been more my thing.

Nice variety of speakers there.
How do you decide when and what pair to swap?

Quite an Alladins Cave you got there Macca.

same here..kinda hard to let stuff go though..not worth much and too many time wasters to bother selling it..sooner give stuff away..gave the goldring 1042 away

get rid of that technics slp-1200 i rekon...i'll pay the postage lol

lovely bit of kit..
hold on to it mate..one of the best cd players i ever home demoed...very smooth and detailed..looks the dogs danglies aswell.

Happy to relieve you of the Vinyl too if you ever totally give up on it.