Your oldest gear?

OFF TOPIC BUT:

@thecarpathian Cold is easier than heat - you cannot dress for heat and humidity.  I ski regularly with temps in the teens or below.  I was tidying my glove drawer and found I have 25 pairs!  4 or 5 are relegated to "work gloves", almost all are "Ski Gloves".

Where I live has one advantage, my nearest neighbor is 300+ yards away, with forest in between so I can listen at whatever volume I like, though rarely is that loud by audiophile standards; also ambient noise is very low, inside the house has the refrigerator etc. but outside is essentially silent.

The downside is unreliable power so that sensitive stuff is on small UPSs and the backup generator is at work fairly frequently.   The good news is that the power is "quiet", I am the only house on the GMP transformer.  Similarly, internet is slow, 41.8 Mbps download right now.  On a good day 60Mbps.  And it randomly drops out for a few minutes; this precludes streaming being the principal medium.

@retiredaudioguy ,

I'm down here in Connecticut. For me, New England is the place to be!

Kenwood L-02T tuner

Great thread!

Oldest piece of gear? A 1940's Raymer mono tube integrated that I'm refurbishing for use as a guitar amp.

Oldest currently in a system? Hard to say- I'm fortunate to have multiple systems with vintage gear. in my vacation home it's the Mac 5100 integrated, paired with ADS 810's and a VPI HW 19jr. Definitely the Altec 604e's in my office system are the oldest there (in front of an Alan Eaton 45 SET Integrated and a Well-Tempered Amadeus). In the art studio system the oldest component- the Monitor Audio MA-3's (1973 or a bit later)- is not far behind are the Precision Fidelity C7a Revised preamp (1981?) and the Oracle Delphi AC, the first Oracle TT (1979-80). Come to think of it, the Nakamichi 582 cassette deck- also introduced in 1979, is such a close cousin to this cluster. The living room system is anchored by One Thing Audio-restored Quad ESL57's, for sure the oldest in that system (powered by Herron preamps and a Rogue Atlas power amp). I don't count the Lenco L75 I completely disassembled, including a complete motor teardown and restoration, whose platter, motor and idler arm are the only remaining elements in a "frankentable" of my design. 

In the wings in case amps need service are an Eico HF81 (restored by Robert Hovland years ago), a Bedini 25/25 amp, a Belles XLM preamp, and a Naim Nait 2 Olive.  

Obviously I much prefer scratching the vintage itch to chasing the latest and greatest! Yes, servicing's a necessary PITB, but being based in SoCal there are many more options within a half-hour's drive than elsewhere. 

Dual 1218 turntable. It gets use daily at my office and I like it WAY better than a heavily-upgraded Rega P3 I used to have