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Originally Posted by WISCOJIM
Nostalgia.
For watching vintage recordings in the manner in which they were originally viewed.
Technological history.
Amusement.
A challenge to repair, followed by a great sense of accomplishment when resolving a difficult problem.
Training the mind to solve those aforementioned difficult problems.
And lots of other reasons.
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Well, I don't actually watch anything on my vintage sets since my 15GP22 went gassy
... before that, I actually watched NFL and MLB games on it.
But the other reasons are true.
Also ... I simply love complexity and lots of wires. Nothing turned me on
more that my last laser setup ... over 200 cables, four permanently on
Tektronix (analog ... better suited for purpose) scopes hanging down
above it on Lazy Susans, power supplies running on 480 volt power, etc.
And 12 kilowatts of chilled water to hold the temperate constant to +- 1 degree F.
An earlier experiment used liquid helium cooled preamps ... those are also a real turnon,
though you really really don't want to get hit by a blast of liquid helium!
When I was a sub-teen kid I was obsessed with the wiring of our console radio-phono,
a Motorola 107F31. This object is far too big for me to want one now.
FM tuner used a Loktal.
I also loved the two-chassis Philco TVs.
I love the Collins R390A radio for that reason.
In grad school I built an interface for a PDP8E that had 2000 wire wrapped
wires in it. Later I designed a mag tape controller for a computer (though
it was built by a technician.) This was fun!