Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored?

[7whales7]

Yes

 

[Rockyhill]

Another Yes.

 

[Bk1]

yes ,
B&K EX-442 amp I bought new in 1989 or '90 ...
Had the offset and bias calibrated two weeks ago - only time it's ever been in the shop ....
Tech said it was working as it should ...

Also a PS Audio 4.6 preamp , owned since new .... it is untouched ...

Use both daily to power patio Boston Acoustics Voyager 70 speakers

Bk

 

[Flyingbase]

Yup untouched pioneer CS99As, KLH 17s, and onkyo tx-866. Will be recapping soon though.

 

[Guest140]

I put it on the shelf last year, but up to then my JVC R-S77 was is daily use since 1980. Great receiver.

Im very impressed with the sound quality of my R-S77 but I'm not sure where I'm going to get the replacement slider from, I have tried all the sights I can think of but without luck, its a shame the last owner had a go at it himself because he has done more damage.

 

[Spe@kerBox]

KEF B139 woofers, KEF B110 mids, and KEF T27 tweeters. Still cooking after 40+ years.

 

[91r100gs]

Bose 501 and Bose 301's both series 2, still sound wonderful after 40 years

 

[GD70]

Im very impressed with the sound quality of my R-S77 but I'm not sure where I'm going to get the replacement slider from, I have tried all the sights I can think of but without luck, its a shame the last owner had a go at it himself because he has done more damage.

Keep scouring fleabay for a parts unit. The sliders were also used on the RS-33. I see them cheap all the time.

 

[rkgren1]

My best/oldest unrestored unit is an Allied 395 receiver.
It sounds great as-is.
But that is not likely to last.

Nearly everything else that I have has been gone through.

 

[Bynem]

uh....did I miss a decade somewhere?? :scratch2:

Because it is possible, I did quite a bit of drinking during the Bush 2 years.

It wasn't just you.

 

[winters860]

I'm using a bone-stock early Dynaco ST-35. And while I acknowledge on some level that it's a ticking time bomb, it's quiet, and sounds so damn good.

 

[ejman]

Sure, Marantz 27 receiver, Original Large Advents (oops, replaced foam woofer surrounds), Pioneer RT-701 Reel to Reel tape deck, Pioneer Pl 112D turntable, Dual 1019 turntable, Lenco L75 turntable. I did replace the tweeter wire on my Magnepan MG I Imp.

 

[lokerola]

I've got a Technics SA-5170 doing basement duty that's never been touched. FM still sounds great on it.

 

[Grenadeslio]

That's most of my gear lol.

 

[parman]

everything and don't plan on 'restoring' any of it.

 

[Rdenney]

I wonder about some of the stuff mentioned by early respondents to this ancient thread.

And I don’t know what is meant by “restored”. If it means “maintained” or “repaired”, then for me the answer is I have many items older than that that haven’t been restored. If it means recapping )except speakers) or updating things like op-amps, then I haven’t done any of that. If it means bringing something bought dead back to pristine, then I don’t do that, either.

I did replace a couple of relays in my 35-year-old SAE equalizer. Nothing older than that has gone unserviced, and that includes a Thorens TT, and many cleaned pots. The only capacitors I’ve replaced were in my 42-year-old Advent speakers, and I think only one of four actually needed it. (Of course, all the foam has been replaced, and several damaged drivers, too). All belts that predate about 2000 have been replaced. I don’t put any of that in the category of “restoration”.

Rick “whose equipment was all bought approximately working and then maintained” Denney

 

[Poultrygeist]

The 12 inch Zenith alnico wide banders in these open baffles are 62 years old. They are totally original and sound as good today as they did in 1957.

 

[AudioFeline]

Commonwealth 12D transcription turntable from the early 1960s. Built so well it doesn't need touching (have lubed it though, but that's maintaining, not restoring). Am considering making a new plinth though - is that restoring?

 

[rickb119]

Untouched (other than deoxit) Pioneer SX-1010.

 

[OnTheBlitz]

All 30+ Now....
2x DBX 14/10's
3x Sony CDP-707ESD's
1x DAS-R1 (I built it, it's in the DAS-703ES Chassis)
1x Sony TA-N77ES
1x Yamaha TX-80

Both piles of junk in action:

^^Master clock (Apogee) from the main system feeding the D/A in the mini-system on the right...Both sync locked. Old junk still works....