What's the oldest piece of gear in your system?


This site is here for the buying and selling of Audio equipment. This causes me to wonder if most of us have relatively new equipment. If most of it is new, what is the oldest piece of equipment still in use, and why are you still using it?

My oldest piece is a Sota Star Sapphire, but it has been upgraded. It was originally purchased as a Sapphire in the 80's, but was upgraded to a Star Sapphire about two or three years ago.

What's your story?
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Mod Squad (threaded) tip toes. 1986. The points are still so sharp as to be hazardous.
my j.a.michell hydraulic reference turntable w/fluid arm & my original 1st edition win strain uage cartridge(over 30 years old). i also run L09 300 watt kenwood monolocks thru my Maggie IIIa's upgraded o 3.5's w/o the different crossover. my second table is a DD pioneer pl530 w/auto liftoff, litz arm wires & denon carbon fiber headshell housing a signet tk7e cartridge. all items sounding wonderful & still in spared use. oh yes, also running a magus mfa preamp + cal audio tercet III cd player.