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In Reply to: OKOK I get that..... posted by Uncle Mike on June 25, 2015 at 15:26:33:
The non-computerized sewing machine story parallels the non-digital audio story almost exactly. I thought the guys here would be interested in that. In both cases you have people who believe the early gear is superior in all sorts of ways from the gear you can readily buy inexpensively now. Maybe I should have made the point I was making more explicitly. The computerized sewing machines can do some things the old machines cannot but that is true of digital audio as well. The materials used in the older machines is usually very high quality metals, often bronze, and the new ones are made mostly of plastic. The one big difference is that a lot of old sewing machines shared many parts across brands and so a lot of parts can still be easily found. The bobbin winder tires that fit my 1960s Wards machine were also used on a zillion Singer models, even though the manufacturer was completely different.
A vintage sewing machine in proper condition runs almost amazingly smoothly, with a musical sound. I have 3 machines, the 1960s Wards, a Wards dating from 1984, and a very recent computerized Brother model with all the bells and whistles, and it is fun to compare. The Brother is a nice unit, but i doubt it will still be running 40 years from now. Same discussion you are having here on audio amplifiers from the 50s and 60s, tho there are fewer problems getting the vintage machines back to reliable working condition.
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