Whats your oldest item of hifi still in regular use ?
Just curious
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I'm Allen.
Whats your oldest item of hifi still in regular use ?
Whats your oldest item of hifi still in regular use ?
Just curious
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I'm Johan.
Lenco L 75, 1970.
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I'm sorted.
JVC QL-A7 from around 1978/79 (think it cost me about £300 new then)
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I'm Shane.
Discwasher c1974
Time flies like an arrow.
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I'm Mike.
1982 Harman Kardon HK870 power amp used daily for 2 channel tv/movie system.
Oops forgot to list my 1976 Lafayette DD turntable w/ Jelco SA200 arm and Shure M95ED cart.
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I'm John.
Quad 303 from about 1977
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Weel.... I've got valves from the 1940s inside my amps, the first stereo cartridge from 1958 (Shure M3D). Plus the design of my Ortofon SPU dates from 1959, and I have loudspeakers from 1967, as well as a CD player from 1987.Originally Posted by Audio Al
Howwzat??
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: Dagenham Essex
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I'm Allen.
Winner at the momentWeel.... I've got valves from the 1940s inside my amps, the first stereo cartridge from 1958 (Shure M3D). Plus the design of my Ortofon SPU dates from 1959, and I have loudspeakers from 1967, as well as a CD player from 1987.
Howwzat??
Marco.
I will have to check my R2R player and 8 tracks
Mmmm Maybe my 301 ?
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I'm Chris.
Tricky as I'm not sure how old my Rogers LS4a's are. I think they were current from about 1984 to 1989 or so but I can't be sure.
Still, I think my Kenwood KR950B receiver hails from 1982 or 1983 so that would be older in any case.
iFi ZEN Stream/TV/CXC >> RME ADI2 DAC >> XTZ Edge A2-300 >> Rogers LS8a
PC >> Hugo 2 >> iFi Pro iCAN Sig >> Raal-Requisite CA-1a
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I'm Ed.
Not sure its 'hi fi' but we still use a Ferguson 3324 radiogram in our den. Unsure of the exact age but its definitely pre 1970. Radio is fine but we only play 78s on it. Bass extension and soundstage are a tad limited
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