Cannot resist countering this idea with alternative experience. in 1990 I bought a Sony stereo system. Over the past several years I have replaced speakers, once..these are the large ones think hi fi unit. I have replaced the cd player once, a gift from my former fiance who upgraded me to a five cd unit. I just for the first time replaced the turntable this week, because a repair cafe visit went reprehensibly wrong. still the new Sony turntable will plug right into the 1990 Sony receiver. Twice I have gotten the receiver checked out, both times by ring audio, which frankly stuns me given how often I have moved it. because of my work, equipment is an investment..and over time finding quality repair hands have paid off. Your work in the field ended before I even bought my current unit. To be sure, especially computers, seem to be built for breaking. A solid stereo system? Speaking very personally, they are built to be loved. I might add that the logistics in finding a replacement are far far more complicated in my case..but that is rather well known around here smiles. Kare On Thu, 26 Jun 2025, Steve Litt via Talk wrote:
Karen Lewellen via Talk said on Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:48:41 -0400 (EDT)
as in things like DVD or cd players, coffeemakers those sorts of electronics? In the case of the DVD player it is a better quality Panasonic model, so I may ask them about out of warranty work. Other ideas? Thanks, Karen
I was a consumer audio repair doctor in the late 1970's and the first half of the 1980's. Here is what happened...
Equipment got much more complicated and difficult to repair, all the while getting cheaper to buy new.
Circuit boards went from easy to work on single side, to more difficult double side, to insanely difficult multilayer.
Equipment was made to break sooner and sooner. Today's less than $1000.00 bicycle is built to last only 750 miles. Today's appliances are lucky to last 5 years, whereas many 20th century appliances are still running.
My advice: Get a new DVD player.
SteveT
Steve Litt
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