Your oldest gear?

A short list:

My dad's Admiral console from 1955.  Yes, the words "Admiral" and "console" are not included in the list of Hifi royalty from the ages, but this one could PARTY with 12" 4-way dual cabinet, dual mono amps.  My dad enjoyed a wide variety of music.  I remember sitting on the wooden floor and resonating with the bass turned up during Ina Gadda da Vita (baby) as a teenager.  Pullled the unit from storage many years ago and got it working about 5 years ago.  The drivers are "tired" after this many years, but vibrate and make music.

1958 Klipschorn (mono).  A customer just acquired this as at an estate sale and had more use for a pair of good bookshelf speakers.  I traded this (and the item below) for a set of bookshelf speakers that retailed for $1,200 a pair.  I have verified that it has the correct drivers installed.  Currently stored in my "loft" along with "too much stuff" from a variety of electronics.  Sounded "musical" the last time I fired it up.

1960 Klipsch Small Horn.  Acquired along with the above item.  I didn't know this speaker existed until it showed up at my doorstep.  Cute little K'Horn. Works.

1961 "Best for Beatles Music" Wharfdale W60s:  We "fix" stereo gear and I was (again) approached by an old customer who had purchased a pair of "working" Wharfdales at an estate sale, only to discover one tweeter was blown.  He just set them aside in storage. He offered to give them to me, but I wanted to make sure he recovered his investment ($80) and took them in not knowing what they were, or their condition.  While researching the speaker in the search for a working original tweeter, I discovered the claim that these were "best for Beatles music."  It seems that the drivers in the amp/speakers that the Beatles used on stage were similar to the drivers used in the W60s.  Thus the claim that the Wharfdales came closer to reproducing the sound of the Beatle's live performances in the early 60's than any other speakers. They are in beautiful condition.  Not for sale.

Pioneer CTF-9191

Pioneer RT-707

McIntosh MR65

Yes.

Vandersteen 2ce's bought on October 26, 1994. Still sound great.

All from the 70s.

Sony Tc-K7II cassette

Pioneer SX-1050 receiver

Pioneer PL-630 turntable

Teac A-2300S open reel

JBL L222 Disco speakers

SAE 5000 Impulse Noise Reduction System

Not in the current mix are a pair of JBL Dorian S12. Bought in the late 60s from Allied Electronics on south Western Avenue in Chicago.

My oldest piece is my Rotel CD 1572. It’s been spinning for 21 years, although these days the Yggdrasil does the DAC work. I was using an Adcom 545 (about 30 years old) as a backup amp but it decided to quit working this weekend, so the Rotel is the oldest.