Whats your oldest item of hifi still in regular use ?

**The Black Adder** · 11-11-2013, 11:10

Originally Posted by the grand wazoo

on the subject of old deccas, here's the lovely cartridge i use that was described on aos as the 'lump of fudge'

i freakin love that pic...

**The Black Adder** · 09-11-2013, 22:42

Here is my list in date order pop-pickers

1950's:
Ruskie pre amp valves - 1958

1960's/70's:
Thorens TD124 MKII - June 1966
Lockwood cabinets circa 1966/1967
Tonearm - SME 3009 SII - circa 1968
Speakers - Tannoy 15" MG's circa 1968
Cartridge - G800 - circa 1969 to mid 70's I think.

1980's - 90's:
CD player Teac P-700 + Dac D-700 - circa 1989 to 1994
Pre-amp - late 90's early 2000's

2000's:
Amp - 2008 but being upgraded by a very nice chap in the Valleys - 2013

**take5** · 09-11-2013, 23:13

Garrard 401 - 1965.
Push button strobe type. srl 1184. Love it.

**The Black Adder** · 09-11-2013, 23:22

Nice CDP is the CDI.. I had one once.

**pjdowns** · 09-11-2013, 23:27

Hi Joe,

I totally agree, whilst I predominantly use my Squeezebox / Caiman combo these days, the CDI is still such a nice and easy to listen to player… for decent Hifi sessions I always use the CDI

P.

**pjdowns** · 09-11-2013, 23:29

Come to think of it my next oldest Hifi item is my recently acquired Mission Cyrus I Mk II integrated amplifer which I purchased from Datawireless a few months ago and it is going as strong as ever

P.

**SPS** · 09-11-2013, 23:25

I have a bsr pa amp from 1932, for dance halls, 4 watts from a pp3/250 valve
Also i have a early permanent magnet speaker from 1934 that looks surprisingly modern,
Most of the valves i use daily are from the early 30's

**The Black Adder** · 09-11-2013, 23:28

Wouldn't mind to see a pic of the amp and the valves.

**The Black Adder** · 09-11-2013, 23:31

Originally Posted by SPS

I have a bsr pa amp from 1932, for dance halls, 4 watts from a pp3/250 valve
Also i have a early permanent magnet speaker from 1934 that looks surprisingly modern,
Most of the valves i use daily are from the early 30's

Wouldn't mind to see a pic of the amp and the valves.

Hi Paul.

I can only agree.. The CDI was one of my all time fave cdp's... I liked the sound much better than the MF X-Ray for example and the Naim CD3.5. The CDI is ripe for some tweak-a-roonie's too

**pjdowns** · 09-11-2013, 23:33

Originally Posted by The Black Adder

The CDI is ripe for some tweak-a-roonie's too

Yeah I have heard that, but to be honest I am not sure it needs to be tweaked, its such a good machine stock!

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