Your oldest gear?


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

What piece of equipment have you owned the longest? 

zavato

Hello and greetings to everyone, I inherited from my dear father a Technics SL-1400 turntable which I remember that he purchased in 1976 and it still works quite well that I play in my system.  And a pair of JBL L110 speakers that are in my basement patiently waiting to have the woofers re-coned. And from my dear father in-law a pair on Infinity RS IIb speakers that are also playing brilliantly in my system. 

My Trio W-41 integrated tube amp is 62 years old. I refurbished it 6 years ago. 

My ears are 4 years younger.

Oracle Delphi mkiii, 1987. Owned longest, a pair of Monarchy SM70's. Owned for 30 years, I think. Both operating in my current system. 

I owned Carver HR-772 Integrated amplifier for 35 years.  Had it recapped about 5 years ago.  An amazing amp.  But, I eventually replaced it with a BHK250.

 

Also owned Klipsch Tangent 40s for 34 years.   Those were also great.   Eventually replaced them with Klipsch Heresy IVs and a pair of Rel S/510s.

Teac X-10R r2r, dbx 224 Type II noise reduction system, and dbx 3bx range expander purchased in 1982 from an auto club while stationed in Germany. A few years ago, I gave my stepson my Technics SL-1200 TT, Pioneer SPEC 4 power amp, and Rodec DJ mixer purchased around the same time. 
 
With a little TLC and professional care, everything is still going strong. I will say, the old SL-1200 TT sounds no where near as good as my SL-1200G 🤭.