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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Really?  Usually electronics don't do well as vintage antiques. If for no other reason than because the batteries do drain out and by then no one makes them anymore. And the guts of most devices are pretty notoriously not Built To Last. (For various reasons, both good and bad.)
At least that's my understanding. |
Depends. Often batteries can be replaced with a compatable.
look at what a B&L turntable from the early 80s runs now. Or a functioning pinball machine from the late 70s
The trick of course is in correctly detirmining which devices generate the fond nastalgia to be a classic, kepping them functional, and of course living fifteen or twenty more years.
None of those is guaranteed, but the 505 is built to a standard of durability no longer found. Kind of like heavy steel cars from the forties. Its worth preserving just to have it, and to date it isn't even scratched.