McIntosh MR77 and Revox A77 tape deck. I bought both of them new in the 70's. I sent the Mac back to McIntosh about 10 years ago and had it refurbed, probably be good for another 20 years.
Vintage 1976 Sony PS4300 TT, been in every system I have owned since then. Still in mint condition and plays like new. Never gave any problems other than worn out stylus and cartriges. There may be better out there but not that old and cost effective.
I would like to update an earlier post with a bit more info. Caspian roksan CD ,TUNER ,PRE AMP , INTERGRATED AMP. RUARK PROLOGUE ONE SPEAKERS.CHORD MONITOR CABLES,VAN DEN HUL & CABLE TALK CONNECTS All 25 yrs old. Two new things that i have added is logitech squeezbox touch & some chord clearway speaker cables.
@minorl my brother had an sme arm it had a piece of wire with a weight dangling from it ,that was over 40 years ago .I was a teen then with a tin box I remember he paid about £40 for the arm I think, with a deck he bought in bits and assembled it himself ,I used get on his nerves saying my box sounded better.
That's funny. Time just keep marching on. I was thinking about upgrading to a SME V arm, but what I have read tells me that there really isn't a great (justifiable) reason to upgrade the arm. My IV arm is quite nice.
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