RE: Dented & Scratched Gear

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In Reply to: Dented & Scratched Gear posted by geezerrocket on September 8, 2016 at 06:36:00:

The equipment is at least a half century old! It was at one time consumer electronics, then old out of date electronics, and then after another few decades classic gear. It has been moved perhaps a half dozen times, lived in dorm rooms, hippy houses, and living rooms with children. It was used and abused because that's what happens to consumer electronics.

There was even a time when an entire class of audio enthusiasts thought that the best use of this old gear was to modify it extensively or even gut the chassis to be used as a platform for a new build. There was a series of articles in Audio Amateur on building a preamplifier into a Marantz 7T chassis after gutting it. Back in the late 1970s and 1980s, audio enthusiasts were much more active in building their own gear than today and the 20 or 30 year old equipment provided transformers, chassis and a solid foundation for new ideas.

So is anyone really surprised that a half century old consumer electronics is scratched and dented?

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Topic - Dented & Scratched Gear - geezerrocket 06:36:00 09/08/16 (10)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Bold Eagle 09:00:43 09/11/16 (1)

Loved it! Please don't stare at me! I use that same phrase when - alaskahiatt 11:42:32 09/16/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Ross 14:53:36 09/10/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Uncle Mike 02:56:48 09/09/16 (0)

I'm 59 years old and pretty dented and scratched; the years'll do that to you. Nt - viridian 19:34:10 09/08/16 (0)

HK Cit-II Door Stop find - Charlie8521 12:48:47 09/08/16 (1)

RE: HK Cit-II Door Stop find - airtime 14:41:13 09/08/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Crazy Dave 09:51:09 09/08/16 (0)

Don't you know nut-in - airtime 09:04:55 09/08/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Palustris 08:29:42 09/08/16 (0)

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RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Palustris 08:29:42 09/08/16 (0)

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