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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.

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sherod
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Citation Eighteen tuner---1977
sherod
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1959 Pilot 402 receiver. Recently refurbished with NOS Siemens E84L output tubes and NOS brown-base Mullard 5AR4 rectifier. I believe this is the best-sounding receiver ever built.Through my 1986 Rauna Tyr II monitors and a Joseph Chow refurbished H/K Citation 14 tuner, this is the most musical sounding bedroom system I have ever had. I practically live in my bedroom now.
sherod
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1959 Pilot 402 receiver. Waiting for return from partial restoration.
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