what older electronic goods still serve you well ?

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just thinking how great my old panasonic plasma is freesat hd ,lush picture can operate my bluray through same controls yeh i know big deal but its an old unit now
alsi my denon ahd2000s ,they stopped me buying loads of budget cans as satisfied my audio needs for the sorces i had and have
maybe you guys just replace with the latest models of whatever you have ?
 
My bass guitar. 4 years older than me and still has an absolutely perfect rumbling tone. Love it.
 
Ive got a 10+ year old lacoste coat that my parents bought me (admittedly not a cheap one) still looks good as new with a bit of dry cleaning and a re waterproofing 3/4 years ago and i think it will last at least another 10 years.

Just seen the old electronics bit, lol fail
 
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What is your definition of old? - I've got a 12 year old 720p projector that is still doing amazing but that isn't really old in my book hah.
 
My old Black and Decker D720 drill. Bought late 1970 and still working, albeit not as safely as it used to....
 

Mine doesn't look like this any more. The tape deck's knackered, but the speakers are great and it'll take an external source. No bluetooth, sadly. :-)

I saved up for this beast in my first summer at a 'proper' job, filling cars with petrol, in... er... 1978? Might have been 79 or 80 if I'm honest. Best part of £200 IIRC, and that was a hefty chunk of my summer income.
 
I’m still using a 30+ year old Fluke multimeter (was my fathers) and I’ve got a Sinclair calculator (also was my fathers) that still functions fine for those rare time I need a calculator when start > run > calc, or my mobile phone isn’t immediately to hand.

Oh and I’m still using my first Karcher pressure washer from the late 90s, they simply don’t make them this well any more.

My mum is still using her Bang & Olufsen stereo from the late 80s too.
 
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Mine doesn't look like this any more. The tape deck's knackered, but the speakers are great and it'll take an external source. No bluetooth, sadly. :)

I saved up for this beast in my first summer at a 'proper' job, filling cars with petrol, in... er... 1978? Might have been 79 or 80 if I'm honest. Best part of £200 IIRC, and that was a hefty chunk of my summer income.
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I was trying to find a working old school ghetto blaster and any which are mint or near mint cost an absolute fortune. Brings back great memories seeing those, my old electro days in the mid 80s! :)
 
My main calculator is a 1978 Casio fx-110. Apart from the catch breaking on the battery door it's better than anything I've seen since.
 
Had my black & decker drill since 1989. Still going strong. Purchased a new Bosch SDS drill a couple of years ago & it's still in the box unused.
 
I've got an old Gould oscilloscope OS3000 which was made in the mid 70s. It's had a few repairs over the years but basically still works. I don't use it very often but still like the warming glow of the old CRT.
 
Not in use but discovered I still had this in the box recently

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Fair annoyed as it probably cost me a bloody fortune at the time then got lost in the loft.
 
I have a 1960s 0 -10v loop simulator that was given to me by my apprentice master and he got from his.

Works perfectly fine after converting it to d cells.
 
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