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What's the newest and oldest component in your system?

The oldest is probably my Pioneer PL12D-II turntable, although it may be a tie with the Sansui RA-500 reverb amp. Both date from the early '70s.
The newest that I know for sure is my Sony CDB-CE375 CD changer that dates from 2005.
 
My oldest is probably my B&O S-75 speakers from ca. 1978. My newest is my U-Turn Audio Orbit turntable that I bought a couple of weeks ago.
 
Oldest: One pair of Marantz Model 5 power amplifiers from 1959.
Newest: A Fiio DAC from 2015.

I use this combo every day, FWIW.
 
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Oldest: Sansui D-550M cassette deck (1980)
Newest: Adcom GFA 555 (1986)
Don't use the cassette deck too much these days, but still part of my basement system.
 
Newest: either the Sony BDP or the HRT Music Streamer II+ I'm not sure.

Oldest: Rectilinear III Lowboys. If those don't count as a "component" then a Luxman R-1120, unless you count stuff not in use, then a Pilot 654.
 
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I currently have 3 systems, so here's the oldest and newest for each (not counting my computers):

Primary: Kenwood KD-5066 turntable (1979?) and Emotiva XDA-1 DAC (2012)
Secondary: Kenwood KR-5030 receiver (1978?) and Asus Xonar U3 soundcard (2012) -that's my primary source, so it counts
Third: Kenwood KR-5600 receiver (1976?) and Toshiba DVD/CD Player (2006) - the DVD player is just a stand-in at the moment

My oldest component is actually an Akai GXC-39D Cassette Player (1973) that is currently not working.
 
My oldest probably be B&W DM6's.Circa 74 or 75.
My newest would be my Music Hall Cruise control that my RD11s is plugged into.Was having some wow problems that it seems to have cured.Rural Hydro
 
Oldest:
My Yamaha YP-701, dated internally January 7, 1976.

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And Newest:
My Teac CD-P650, CD/USB/iDevice player, September 2014.

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Oldest: a pair of modified Dynaco MKIII's originally built from the kits.
Newest: Emotiva XDA-2 and UMC-200
 
I have several components I bought new in the 70's. The oldest being my TEAC A-1230 reel to reel deck that I bought on February 22, 1972

Newest is my Emotiva XPA-2 Gen2 amp I bought new last month to replace my Phase Linear 400 from 1973 (it bought the farm).
 
My newest component is a Schiit Modi DAC I bought over a year ago . Oldest would be JBL L200's I bought new in 1974.
 
Oldest - B&O Beogram RX TT (bought new in 1983)
Newest - Lenovo Z50 laptop which will eventually hold all f my music files (bought new last week)
 
Not much difference in age of my components compared with many of you. I made rather drastic changes to system components around 2008, with the only carryover product being an Audio by Van Alstine OmageStar preamp in a PAT 5 chassis, which I bought in 2004 and am still enjoying. My most recent purchase, apart from some experimentation with cartridge options, is the Rega RP3 turntable bought last spring.
 
If I was to combine all my systems together the oldest and newest pieces of my stereo would have to be my speakers. Kef 105 from 1977 and I have a pair of mini Cambridge speakers from 2014. When it comes to equipment I don't own a piece past 2000
 
Oldest: Magnavox AMP-175 (re-worked from an AMP-185) from 1959-ish.
Newest (factory made) Technics SL-1200MK2 bought new in 2009. It cost a king's ransom for a college student, and remained my most significant purchase until my wallet was pried open by a pair of 1978 La Scalas in late 2014.
Newest (overall): RIAA pre-amplifier built by myself in spring of 2015.

I also bought a Schiit Modi 2U but it is doing headphone duty at work right now so I'm not counting it as part of my system.
 
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