I have a bunch of mid-century Roberts radios that I’ve convert to smart speakers (using the original speakers and, where possible, the amplifiers) if that counts.

Either my TI-99/4A, or if it still works, the IBM 7072 that I got from NYIT for $200 in 2000.

I believe it’s my Atari 2600! I can’t think of anything older that I’ve got that runs on electric juice.

1962 fender brownface pro-amp

One of the Play it Loud Game Boys (the red one), it’s as old as I am

I still have my original Pikachu gameboy color, and it works. Somehow the battery on my Pokemon Red hasn’t died but there’s nothing useful on it.

Not electronic, but I have a pre-WW2 era windup clock that still works. It’s loud af and built like a tank

oldest electronic

Electronic WHAT!?! Choose a noun, son.

My husband has a collection of obsolete technology. The oldest thing he’s got in there is a VT100 terminal.

My original gameboy colour

Bulova Accutron from the 60s. I also have a Heathkit oscilloscope which I think is of similar vintage.

A Hitachi TRK-3D8 boombox from 1986 - you can see it sitting above my retro PC here.

I got that for 12€ on eBay and that was the best deal I ever made. It has great audio range, the subwoofer packs a mean punch and it looks awesome. It’s the perfect device for a drum&bass enthusiast. Just put some batteries and a Bluetooth tape in and you can even take it outside (it’s quite heavy, though).

I have a battery operated tube radio from mid to late 1940’s. It even works, but the battery it uses is getting rare and quite expensive. And my country doesn’t really use AM radio broadcasts anymore, so it’s more of a curiosity nowadays.

I also have a lot of working stuff from the 1950’s, mostly radios and amplifiers. Great gear, and much easier to service than their modern counterparts.

Donkey Kong Game & Watch (1982)

1983 Lenco LRP 5450 DD record player &

1998 Yamaha RX-496 RDS stereo receiver

My stepfather got them for us 2nd hand for a joint present. Quite a decent system!

Not a real audiophile, but it works well and we enjoy it.

I also made a Google Home kind of thing out of it using an ESP32S3 that uses ESPHome, Home Assistant, and Music Assistant to make it a Spotify connect node to play Spotify through it, control it with an IR blaster, and use Voice Assistant with it if I am not too far (it has a single mema mic)

I have an electric singer sewing machine from 1964 and another one from around 1950. Amazing how well they work.