Your oldest gear?


What’s the oldest piece of equipment in your system? 
 

What piece of equipment have you owned the longest? 

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Dad's Altec Carmels from the early 60's, my Alter VOT A7-8 from the mid 70's.

Empire Troubadour III turntable is slightly older than my modded Thorens TD160.  

Most of my system, especially the analog side, is from the late '80s.  You can look up my virtual system if you want the particulars.  The newer stuff includes my Lyra Kleos cartridge,  Hegel V10 phono preamp, the digital gear and some cables.  Everything else is approaching 40 years old, although the speakers were completely refurbished a few years ago.

My oldest piece is my McIntosh dealer display light as shown in my Virtual System. I acquired it when doing a major upgrade to my McIntosh gear back in about 1992. I talked the dealer sales guy into giving it to me at no charge.  He didn’t ask for approval, snuck it out of the store when helping me load up the gear in my vehicle, and got fired a few days later when the store manager noticed it was missing. I felt bad that he got fired but I still love having it on my rack. 
 

The test of my gear ranges from 2009 to about one month ago.