Your oldest gear?


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

What piece of equipment have you owned the longest? 

zavato

The Dynaudio Audience 42 and 122C I use for surround and center channels will be 25 years old next year.

Oldest piece i have would be a Yamaha P-350 turntable I bought when i was 14 (1977). So it’s at least 48 years old and I bought it new. Nothing high end about it, but it is my history, nostalgia kept it in a box in the cellar for 35 years. Even more important, it got me back into HiFi when my 14 year old daughter asked me "what’s a record?". Dug it out, refreshed it a bit and been going/operational since (but does now play second fiddle to a newly acquired Sony PS-X50 TT).

Thanks kid.

My older stuff in everyday use.

  • Quad ESL loudspeakers - 1961
  • 2 sets EICO HF35 monobloc amps - 1959
  • 3 x Garrard 401 turntables - 1965
  • 4 x Decca cartridges (retipped) - 1987
  • 2 x Lambda 25 tube power supplies - 1955