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What's the oldest piece of gear in your system?

This site is here for the buying and selling of Audio equipment. This causes me to wonder if most of us have relatively new equipment. If most of it is new, what is the oldest piece of equipment still in use, and why are you still using it?

My oldest piece is a Sota Star Sapphire, but it has been upgraded. It was originally purchased as a Sapphire in the 80's, but was upgraded to a Star Sapphire about two or three years ago.

What's your story?
128x128nrchy
dr_joe
160 posts
 
Three Technics SP-10MKII turntables, all dating from somewhere between late 1970s and early 1980s.

A Grace 707-II tonearm dating from early 1980s.

A Signet XK50 tonearm (early 1980s).

Meitner PA6i preamp and MTR101 mono amps, all from circa 1988-92, but rebuilt by manufacturer between 2004-2008.

Tuners from the 1980s: Perreaux TU3, Luxman T117, Onkyo T9090-II.

Quad 520f power amp (late 1980s).
old_6eyes
46 posts
 
A hammertone Garrard 301 which I believe was manufactured in 1954. It could be 1955....either way it's pretty old.

Dave (also pretty old)
t_bone
1,182 posts
 
Probably my Rek-O-Kut Rondine B-12H turntable (1956 I think), though I might have a tube which is older than that...
lacee
811 posts
 
1959 Electrohome PA 100MK1 mono amp.
Partridge transformer,tube rectified, chokes and 39 pounds of Williamson design, and about 10 watts of power.

The amp is not a Public Address amp.
It came inside a console box and was the "companion" to another box that held the pre and rest of the system.

Now the oldest piece of gear in my system are my 60 year old ears.
energizer
113 posts
 
My ears
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