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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 19:12:52 GMT
is your Amplifier? I have one in my hands soon that is 51/52 years old...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 19:18:43 GMT
lol, 8-10 years old. The oldest amp I owned was a 1962 Leak Stereo 20.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 19:39:36 GMT
Good amps those Stereo 20 when rebuilt.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 19:51:29 GMT
Does the one in my 1946 Ekco U27 radio count.   |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 20:10:21 GMT
Does the one in my 1946 Ekco U27 radio count. Nice! Do you ever watch ''radiotvphononut'' on YouTube? S. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 20:14:04 GMT
Does the one in my 1946 Ekco U27 radio count. Nice! Do you ever watch ''radiotvphononut'' on YouTube? S. No never heard of it, will check it out for sure, thanks. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 8:17:39 GMT
my valve amps are late 50's   crap internal photo as Haden Boardman was 'investigating' an issue. The big grey boxes at the top are Russian PIO caps apparently...  They used to be mono-integrated amps, but I had the pre-amp section removed, the selector switch is non-functional, the volume pot still works and the two phonos allow me to daisy chain a sub-woofer. They are mullard 5-20 circuits running at 350ish V (so about 14W) with some mil-spec Mullard rectifiers and original Mullard EL34's. Built by my late Father in law. They sound pretty tasty. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 18:20:15 GMT
My modified Leak Stereo 20 is the oldest kit in use here. I have an original type Leak Troughline tuner that's late 50's though. It's totally different to the well known Troughlines in appearance and circuitry. I have a few items of valved test gear that still works perfectly and I use on a daily basis and which dates back to around 1960 also.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 18:39:57 GMT
Radford & Ferrograph made their ow test gear back in the day.. The Amp i was gonna buy back fired. I totally forgot to bid..
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 12, 2019 18:53:29 GMT
Arcam Aplha Plus and Rega Elas in my second system. Early 90s?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 17:59:10 GMT
Mine is only about 15 years old it's Nad c372. It's the 2nd one I've owned ( I've also owned a c370 ) over the past 20 years and for the money they are excellent amps I paid £165 for this exceptionally clean on, I've spent 30 times more on a Naim 282/300 and it's debateable if the Naim was twice as good let alone 30. They do respond well apparently if you bypass the internal pre amp and add either a well matched solid state or valve pre which is something I'd like to try next year when funds allow. Below are the photo's from eBay when I bought it. It's a whole lot of amp for the money and is doing great service.  s-l1600 by
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Post by dsjr on Nov 17, 2019 18:19:30 GMT
Main amps in both systems forty five years or more.
Quad II's dating from 1962 which I am custodian for and which reside in storage.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 18:59:16 GMT
Teac BX-300 1979
Kenwood KA 7100 1977
JVC VN 300 1975
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 19:11:21 GMT
Myst TMA3 from 1987 is the best I can do. It has its matching TMR too so a bit more exclusive 😀
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 20:36:02 GMT
Upstairs amp: Exposure pre/power combo from 1997 or thereabouts
Downstairs amp: Devaliet D-Premier from 2013
Oldest usable component: AR turntable from around 1981.
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Post by pauld on Nov 18, 2019 15:42:47 GMT
My current amp is about 2 years old.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 15:48:03 GMT
20.
This is great fun ! 😁
Oops ...
Sarky head on again. 🤭
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 16:12:32 GMT
20. This is great fun ! 😁 Oops ... Sarky head on again. 🤭 Shouldn't you be at work, sarky-boots? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 17:00:26 GMT
I am.
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Post by antonio on Nov 18, 2019 18:27:12 GMT
Nose to the grindstone engine, oops sorry smart phone.
All our amps are under 5 years old.
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How Old?
Nov 18, 2019 19:37:35 GMT
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Post by sq225917 on Nov 18, 2019 19:37:35 GMT
2 years
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