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What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)

submitted 11 months ago by bartolomeo@suppo.fi to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And tell me how proud of it you are.

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Technics SL-1900 turntable from 1977, it was a pretty midrange model for its time but it sure as hell is better than any deck you can get new today. The only thing that doesn't work is the dampening on the tonearm lift/lowering.

[–] Figureinplastic@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a nice turn table and you should be happy to have it. But, it is definitely not better than any deck you can get today.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh? Like which one?

[–] Figureinplastic@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Rega Planar series, for sure. They are pricey, though. I'd hazard that there are some Pro-ject models that are likely superior at a lower price point than the Rega's.

Again, nothing against yours, it's a good one. But there's almost always something better, and in this case that holds true.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, Rega turntables are pretty highly regarded but I doubt they're better than my Technics (direct drive vs. belt drive pretty much). Rega doesn't list specifications like wow & flutter or rumble on their page as far as I know which makes them kinda hard to compare, though.

Edit: Just had a look at a Pro-Ject deck (the classic evo, which is $1,999) and both the wow & flutter (0.11%) and the rumble (-70db) are worse than my Technics (0.03% and -73db).

They're still really good specs but on paper they're worse than those of the SL-1900.