Your oldest gear?


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

What piece of equipment have you owned the longest? 

zavato

Hats off to OP--great topic!

I just gave away 2 x RM9 tube amplifiers, ~44 yrs old each.

The oldest thing in my current system is a pair of KEF 103.2 speakers, large sealed 2-ways (44 or 45 years old). I remember a college friend being given a pair of these when he graduated med school. They were super-expensive for the time, ~$1,500.

Years ago I gave my brother my circa 1977 Pioneer receiver, a beautiful silver thing with pretty lights. I had it repaired once and so did he. His widow still runs it every day.

As an audio nut since ~1983, many speakers & amps have come & gone, but in 1987 I bought a used SOTA SAPPHIRE turntable, and it's been my one & only TT for 38 years!  It's simply so perfect at what it does... but I do admit I'd like to try out a Technics SL-1200G before I get too old to lift it.  I should have grabbed one when they first came out at $3500.

Only two older pieces for me. An Audiolab 8000S integrated amp made in England and I purchased new in the late 90's. Still works great. I've only cleaned the volume control and switches on it but no longer use it. Also still have my Koss ESP-950 electrostatic headphones I bought sometime in the 90's. They work and sound great and I occasionally still use them. These have been replaced a few times over the years under their LIFETIME warranty!