What's the oldest peice of gear or speakers you have or owned?

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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited March 2010
    I love that Sherwood mrh!
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2010
    it sounds better than it looks...
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,066
    edited March 2010
    My 1980 Nikko Alpha VI amp is powering my rid as we speak. A true dual mono brute at 300w/8ohm & just as sweet when it needs to be. She's a looker too!!!
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited March 2010
    :rolleyes: Nice...

    I have a old JVC receiver with Nikko amplification, or was it Niviko..

    I really love the sound and power too.I don't know what happened to the Left side pic..
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • cincycat13
    cincycat13 Posts: 882
    edited March 2010
    Ok, I have no idea what vintage this magnavox is and I can't read the postmark date from the service manual...but I would say this is the oldest gear I have. It was left by the previous home owner. Currently more of a furniture piece than and auditory device...:)
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  • Tower Boss
    Tower Boss Posts: 52
    edited March 2010
    cincycat13 wrote: »
    Ok, I have no idea what vintage this magnavox is and I can't read the postmark date from the service manual

    Hello Cincycat, your Magnavox console dates to 1959. I looks to be in great shape considering it is over 50 years old.

    Regards,
    Mike
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  • cincycat13
    cincycat13 Posts: 882
    edited March 2010
    Way kewl Tower Boss. Thanks for the information. I will have to go through the service manual packet some time. I never opened the top until this thread and found the envelope. I can still smell the dust from sliding it out for the pix.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited March 2010
    Hmmm..... Currently an old orphan a EMI speaker from the early to mid 60's I forget the model.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2010
    An old BSR? turntable...then next in line an old 30w/channel Pioneer integrated amp, and an AIWA 3 head cassette deck--recently reconditioned. The 'college' years!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    A 1982 Technics 30 watt receiver, bought brand new for $200 while in college. It served tuner duty duing the late 80s through mid 90s and has been roosting in the closet since.

    'been thinking about pulling it out for some more tuner duty work. The tuner in it is/was very good!
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I have a pair of Altec 604B "Duplex" (coax speakers) and a Radio Craftsmen C-810 AM-FM tuner that date back to approximately the mid-1950s. I don't have any really vintage hifi equipment (Western Electric/ERPI, etc.)... yet.

    Don't have a photo of the Duplexes handy, but this (single) Stephens-Trusonic 106AX coax is very similar and is of similar vintage (come to think of it):

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    The Stephens is installed in a single Karlson K-15 that happens to live here; it probably dates to the late 1950s, though...

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    Here's a not-too-good photo of the Radio Craftsmen tuner.

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    Radio Craftsmen eventually morphed into Sherwood (who made some pretty fine tuners, too).

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    This good sounding RCA 2A3 probably dates to the 1940s, but it's not technically a "piece of gear" itself, and the piece of gear its in is less than a decade old...

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    That driver in the top pic "cries" to be put into a box with some fiberglass in the box's inside's however imperfectly constructed, to see what it really sounds like.

    Lee
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2010
    The oldest piece of eq I own is my m10's, and they're still the front and center piece of my HT.

    I keep trying to replace them, but since my wife helped pick them out when they were new, she wants to keep them.
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited March 2010
    I got a pair of Utah speakers from the late 60's or early 70's. Then I got my Monitor 10's.
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2010
    Too much to even think about, currently, probably the Atwater Kent Mono floor radio in the garage. It works, the 12 inch woofer in it flexes like crazy at any real volume, it's almost funny.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited March 2010
    Baldwin Triad monoblocks '63.
    They are stock except for the tubes. All original caps, resistors, wiring. NO mods at all.
    Long ones are the big boy 6L6 Baldwins from 65. These are my daily monsters pumpin' a real 26w each. Best sounding amps I've ever owned.
    Modded circuitry and outputs exchanged.
    All of these are still in use and dead quiet.
    Running through McAlister PL custom preamp
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited March 2010
    My 1950's vintage Heathkit W5M's.....the iron and the chasis is still original, everything else is new, ala Gary Dodd.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    In my best Homer Simpson voice, "mmmmmmm Heathkit!"
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2010
    tony millard wrote: »
    ...

    I have a old JVC receiver with Nikko amplification, or was it Niviko..

    JVC = Nivico = Delmonico = Japan(ese) Victor Corporation
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  • polktiger
    polktiger Posts: 556
    edited March 2010
    Would a victrola from the early 1900s count?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2010
    snow wrote: »
    Hmmm..... Currently an old orphan a EMI speaker from the early to mid 60's I forget the model.



    REGARDS SNOW

    oooh, some of those were pretty nice. They had an early-1960s monitor called the "Dangerous"!
    polktiger wrote: »
    Would a victrola from the early 1900s count?
    I would say so; do you have software for it, too?
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited March 2010
    Old Dual TT, not connected to anything.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited March 2010
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    oooh, some of those were pretty nice. They had an early-1960s monitor called the "Dangerous"!
    Well it looks like this one is the model 92 here are a couple quick pics.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2010
    Hillbilly61 wrote: »
    That driver in the top pic "cries" to be put into a box with some fiberglass in the box's inside's however imperfectly constructed, to see what it really sounds like.

    Lee

    It is currentlly installed in the Karlson K-15 cabinet.

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    When the photo was taken, there was an EV 15TRXB in the K-15.

    http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Karlson/Karlson.htm

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited March 2010
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    JVC = Nivico = Delmonico = Japan(ese) Victor Corporation

    Thanks for clearing my illusion of grandeur.

    It still sounds great though.


    Yes , a Victrola counts as old gear.Always wanted one with a fancy brass horn.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited March 2010
    Amazing ad up above.:rolleyes: love the cabinet design of the time. wouldn't it cut out some of the bass waves?

    I love how they show the different ways of gear layouts for the time on that table.
    I saw a man buy 4 chairs from good will yesterday that would've matched that table. I don't know if the chairs were authentic but they sure were cool and in mint cond. in the old colors. They were probably reproductions.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2010
    tony millard wrote: »
    Amazing ad up above.:rolleyes: love the cabinet design of the time. wouldn't it cut out some of the bass waves?

    The Karlson was -- and is -- quite controversial. The guy (Mr. Karlson) was a microwave engineer who thought that the feedhorns and whatnot used in microwave technology could be ported over (pun intended) to audio.

    The inside of a Karlson looks like this (this is a Japanese-made K-12 clone... or klone if you prefer). This one was made by Fukuin (now known as Pioneeer) and probably dates to the early 1960s.

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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited March 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Mid 60's pair of Utah speakers my Dad gave me as part of my first "real" stereo. Solid Walnut cabinets, oatmeal colored grill cloth (non removeable) 12" 3-way design with screw teminals.

    H9
    halo71 wrote: »
    I got a pair of Utah speakers from the late 60's or early 70's. Then I got my Monitor 10's.

    My first pair of real speakers were Utahs from around 1973. I still have them.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited March 2010
    Utah Heritage HSC-1

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    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • lectronicjunkie
    lectronicjunkie Posts: 299
    edited March 2010
    Here's a Philco cabinet radio that has a 78 record player. I believe it is from the 50's. I acquired this from a friend of my dad who was going to throw it away. I grabbed it up and refinished it. The lights come on and the turntable spins but I have no sound. It had sound when I first plugged it in but I don't know what happened. I know nothing about tubes. If there is someone who can help me out on this, it would be appreciated.
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    It's all in the detail.
    :cool:

    HT Setup:
    Samsung PN50D550
    Onkyo TX-SR805
    Samsung BD-D6700
    Fronts: RTi10's
    Center: CSi5
    Side surrounds: RC65i's
    Rear surrounds: FXiA4's
    Sub: Velodyne CT120
    Outdoor: Atrium 45's

    Pictures here
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2010
    ahh, didn't know radios were in scope for this question! I have an RCA Radiola 18 TRF (tuned RF, i.e., pre-superheterodyne) AM receiver and speaker. This dates to ca. 1928.

    http://www.radiolaguy.com/Showcase/Radiola18.htm
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