When equipment was built to last

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Same places I found my old Russian RF tubes out of Cold War tanks. All over the internet.

I also have a lot of old WW2 radar tubes, but mostly dual triodes from the US military.
 
Have you rotated the drivers at all?

Since I am a Yank, I like the West Coast sound and have a set of Altec 604s (like were in Abbey Road and many other studios in the day) and every couple years I rotate the drivers so that gravity takes its toll in different directions and you dont end up with the big rubber surrounds falling in one direction and changing the gap in the voice coils.

I have a pair of Quad ELS 57 electrostatic speakers, designed in 1957, hence name. They are probably 70s, refurbished in last 10 years here in UK. Brilliant speakers as long as you have a big room!
 
Our Nortons for unknown reasons. I'm surprised none of you picked that one up. I know they weren't designed to last, but here we are all these years later still riding them with glee, & wild abandon in some cases when the brakes fail.

ok well i have had my ES2 since 1969 went to see Dylan play on the Isle of wight.. The only items have had longer are vinyl and books..
 
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The wrench in the picture has a family history. The wrench was included in the optional tool kit that my grandfather purchased when he bought his first new car after graduating from medical school. It was passed on to my father who used in on his sail boat mostly for tightening the gland nut of the prop shaft seal that was run by a 20 HP Bukh auxiliary. He gave it to me just before he passed on in 2012. I use it to get at fork cap nuts, fork seal retainers and many other fasteners. The wrench was made for Ford in both Worcester and Springfield Massachusetts sometime in the early to mid 20s. I will pass it on to my youngest son who's blood is full of mechanical DNA. When equipment was built to last
 
I have a matching Model A wrench to that. Keep it in tool box just to watch people pick it up and scratch their heads. Have a slide rule on my desk for the same reason. Have not had anyone under the age of 50 know what it is.
 
I stood between Jim's speakers yesterday. They sound clean, crisp, and VERY LOUD when he turns up the juice!!!
 
ok well i have had my ES2 since 1969 went to see Dylan play on the Isle of wight.. The only items have had longer are vinyl and books..
Respect!

From what slightly older friends have told me that was an absolutely amazing event.

I was lucky enough to go to Live Aid in 1985. And boy what a day that was. The downside is that every subsequent concert I've been to is very underwhelming, so I've sort of given up bothering.

So anyway to get this thread back on track (excuse the pun) they don't make concerts like they used to either.

Cheers,

cliffa.
 
I used to hit all of the folks I liked in concert....Never could catch the Stones or Dylan though. It wasn't meant to be in this life I guess.
It's getting ready to cool down a bit so me & the Norton have to have our constitutional. It needs to leak some oil & I need my joints lubed.
 
I have a pair of Quad ELS 57 electrostatic speakers, designed in 1957, hence name. They are probably 70s, refurbished in last 10 years here in UK. Brilliant speakers as long as you have a big room!
Yeah, I have heard those as well. Very compelling. They also need an amp that is well matched in impedance to control them.
 
Where would one find an old Russian radar tube? lol Looks rather fragile.
There are lots of original valve equipment/components of USSR origin available from the Ukraine ,excellent quality and very good prices.The one difficulty is the markings are in the Cyrillic script .
 
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