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   Stu (tehstu@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 08:47:44 JST Stu

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs I really hope I can find someone willing to part with an old setup like that, one day.

   I can hear those switches.

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     vandenberglegs (vandenberglegs@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 09:27:53 JST vandenberglegs

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs The speakers I use were bought 2nd-hand by my dad sometime in the early 70s and were fairly old then. As a non-audiophile they sound fantastic. There are no brands/marks or anything on them so short of pulling them apart I'll never know exactly what they are.

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     Eryn Wells (erynofwales@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 09:30:18 JST Eryn Wells

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Looks great too!

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     Robbie Coleman :verified: (erraggy@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 09:40:10 JST Robbie Coleman :verified:

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs
     I've missed old tech an awful lot lately, and seeing the awesome analog displays and controls has me dying for it now.

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     Hep Cat (heppycat@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 10:50:47 JST Hep Cat

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs my old amp is only 25W/ channel but plenty loud. H H Scott type 299 from 1958.

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     Steve Moore :toad: (arrowbearmoore@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 12:24:18 JST Steve Moore :toad:

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I coveted that thing 50 years ago. Still do.

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     Allan Svelmøe Hansen (svelmoe@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 17:44:50 JST Allan Svelmøe Hansen

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Have unpacked my old stereo I bought in something like 1990.
     The MC deck is missing buttons, the record player could use a new pickup and the speakers are also a bit scratchy if cables are jiggled.

     But it plays, it's offline, it's not-enshittified with AI and firmware and stuff - and the CD player works which was the important part.

     Old tech is solid.

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     Bundesnavigationsminister a.D. (dc4dd@sueden.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 22:07:00 JST Bundesnavigationsminister a.D.

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs only problem: almost no AM stations anymore and FM switches more and more to digital modulation.

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     Peach “Fuzz” Fae (mildpeach@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 23:51:59 JST Peach “Fuzz” Fae

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     • Paavi (ei se paavi)

     @paavi @thomasfuchs I suppose it could be newer in some universe but I got it in ‘74

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     Paavi (ei se paavi) (paavi@mastodontti.fi)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 23:52:01 JST Paavi (ei se paavi)

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Peach “Fuzz” Fae

     @mildpeach @thomasfuchs Are you sure about it being from 1970s? Looks one or two decades newer to me. Probably still better than what is readily available and affordable as new these days.

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     Peach “Fuzz” Fae (mildpeach@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 23:52:02 JST Peach “Fuzz” Fae

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs
     (Sorry, bad pic) yeah, funny my 70’s vintage Kenwood is just the same! I even got a fiber transducer a month ago to hook a different video input into it! Cost $9 and worked the first time.
     Go figure…

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     Odradek (odradek@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 23:57:17 JST Odradek

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs don't make me panic.

     it's great to appreceate, have, and maintain such technology. but is there no way to get a new sound system without these lousinesses and without paying four-figure-sums?

     maybe a self-build linux desktop and ripping old cd-s or recording old records, but for how long?

     ted kaczynski can't be right, can he?!?

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     Delta Sierra (notthatdelta@furry.engineer)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jun-2026 00:03:19 JST Delta Sierra

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs "It’s a piece of useful electronics that you can hand down for literally generations"

     Funny enough, I just recently posted about finally retrieving my Pioneer CT-F9191, TX-9100, and SA-9100 from storage. My dad bought them in college in the 70s and handed them down to me!

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     Delta Sierra (notthatdelta@furry.engineer)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jun-2026 01:11:33 JST Delta Sierra

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Ohh that turntable is *gorgeous*, I'd love to find something similar for my setup (which you can see partially set up here: https://furry.engineer/@notthatdelta/116523290335621756)

     The amp needs to be cleaned and possibly re-capped, I'm working on acquiring parts/manuals for that job. Also I'm missing a bunch of the silver caps for the switches, I've found them in a few places online but they're insanely expensive (cheapest I recall seeing was $12 EACH, I need nine of them). But everything else still works really well given the age!

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     Come On Giant Asteroid! (ve2uwy@mastodon.radio)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jun-2026 07:31:42 JST Come On Giant Asteroid!

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     The electrolytic capacitors will likely dry out. No rotary selector to give trouble. No tubes, of course.

     And none of that matters because all are easily fixed.

     Plus, seeing the age of this, the tunage that came out of it when new was surely AWESOME \m/

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     🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣ (devnull@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jun-2026 22:43:36 JST 🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     Because marketing BS convinced people they need to pay, in addition to their Internet fees, a monthly suscription to get a limited access¹ to a limited amount² of music and depend on network latency instead of owning their damn music…

     When I tell some people that I have no interest in "smart" shit with "apps" and DRM-ised crap, and I own my media, stored offline, I get frowned upon…

     1. DRM, non-interoperable crap
     2. Unless they have 5 or 10 different subventions)

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     Jan Wedel (stealthmusic@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 03:13:48 JST Jan Wedel

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs
     I own this beautiful Pioneer SA-708 and I agree with everything you said… except that it definitely had and has some issues right now. But it’s very repairable. And when a modern amplifier breaks, chances are good that you need to throw it away.