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In Reply to: RE: What's the useful life of gear??? posted by Bold Eagle on December 06, 2015 at 08:50:42
it uses quality and easily replaced components, the answer is essentially forever.
I really like the fact that companies like Audio Research can maintain any of its products from 1972 forward.
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True, but at some point I'm going to not want to keep replacing parts. I've already gotten to the point where I don't want to replace foam surrounds anymore. For myself, and others, I'm up around 20 pairs now. I'll still do my son's and son-in-law's Advents; but that's it.
More and more electronics have a digital processor of some kind at the core. Even my 1989 Onkyo receiver has one. If that goes I'm out of my league for diagnostics, and we're well beyond the point where Onkyo will stock parts. Most everything has some digital functions and control logic these days. My old desktop PC's motherboard failed after 7.5 years, and I don't trust digital based stuff after 7-8 years.
Jerry
Agree. In 1972 McIntosh had 23 years under it's belt and they're still making great gear.
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
of visiting the Binghamton facility while on a business trip years ago. They, too, offer great support for their older products. I was given the impression that the people there are truly devoted to their gear.While I'm not a particular fan of the brand and the over the top focus on gee whiz cosmetics, they do offer great support. During my tour, they showed me the water jet glass cutting equipment used for all the faceplates. That day, they had also produced two vintage plates for replacement purposes.
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