erland;600726 Wrote: > Really ? > > How many 20 years old electronic devices do you own ? > How many are over 10 years ? > Would you repair these if they break or would you just take the > opportunity to get a new device which is the current state of the art > on the market ? > > I suspect audiophiles which buy a Transporter probably always want to > have the best the market can offer. I bet there are going to be a lot > better stuff than the Transporter handling digital music around year > 2020. > > I can't say that I own any really high quality electronics, my upper > purchase limit is currently around $10k-$15k per device, but still, > nothing in my music equipment is 10 years old. The amplifier and > speakers are oldest but both are on the "to be replaced soon" list and > none of them are 10 years old. In my world, with a bit lower > expectations, I expect any high quality electronics to survive at least > 5 years. > > How many VFD display actually breaks ? Isn't this a pretty unusual > issue ?
I expect 10 year of service life from my hifi gear it usually works well after that. Some service is to be expected. Some things have a short life I'm at LCD projektor nr 2 now . My main loudspeakers are 18 years old, Rear >10 ? center 6 year one of my power amps is >10 Classe My SiruiS power amp is 11 My Meridian Gear is 7 years (processor had a failure but cost 3% of new price to repair ) . I have thought off replacing my main speakers but never found something thats sound as good for non silly money I bougth them used. My LP player is in the closet that one is 20 years it run if not the drive belt has dried out on me . but it is a curiosity i don't have any LP's any more My old power amps 17 years is owned by a friend, the amp I owned before that a Luxman I bougth used is still running 25y old owned by another friend . it also broke Capacitors had to be replaced , it' so old that it was designed for 220V not 230V that is EU standard today Oh I forgot my old LP player 25yo is still in use with another friend. But old gramophones needs new pickups and drive belts regularly. You should by stuff from Bryston :) http://bryston.com/index.html 20 years warranty , but they are extreme. If get another power amp I'll consider bryston. Not all high end hifi is of good quality ,some of that stuff has serious quality problems . Not all stuff is serviceable either. Vintage electronics can be fun ,much stuff can be serviced and have a long life . God stuff can be repaired . The industrial electronics I work with is expected to run 20 years, some things live longer than that, but is obselete for other reasons by then . But on the other hand I have used up 5 laptops during my professional career ? the computer stuff gets old fast. But don't get into that marketing hype regarding mature technology. A god 10year old power amp is still god compared to new stuff. The last revolutionary thing that happend in audio was digital audio the other suffs improves incrementally by small steps. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84567 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
