oldest friend

[cleeds]

The component that's been in my system the longest is the McIntosh MR80 I bought brand new more than 40 years ago. Since then, every aspect of the system has been upgraded multiple times, but the Mac endures.

The MR80 has needed service about every 15 years or so. Most recently, it started looking really sad as the panel lights started blinking off one by one until it was just about dark. When a few of its switches starting acting funky, I brought it in to Steve Leung at VAS NY, and now it is working just tip-top.

I stream. I play CDs and LPs. I have tape. But I also still listen to FM, so I plan to keep the MR80 until something better comes along. Which hasn't happened yet.

(I realize it's cheating and a little cheesy to use a b&w image for the "before" photo but, honestly, that's how sad it looked to me at the time.)

[IMG]mac tuner before and after 2 sm by newsguy123, on Flickr[/IMG]