@Chaos_99 @thomasfuchs Not at all. I was poor (lower middle class anyway), my first stereo was my mom’s old one that was probably at least 20 years old, and worked for years until I gave it away, still working
It wasn’t as nice or expensive as Thomas’s, but it was built to last
With products that last decades, you can buy used ones or get them for free from friends who get a new one, even if they were expensive new. They didn’t just get tossed out after a couple years like everything today, they were still being used by people who couldn’t afford new ones