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On Dec 17, 10:12 pm, jakdedert <jakded...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> ChrisCoaster wrote:
> > On Dec 16, 8:50 pm, Ron <BigELil...@msn.com> wrote:
> >> On Dec 16, 8:34 pm, ChrisCoaster <ckozi...@snet.net> wrote:
>
> >>> On Dec 16, 8:00 pm, Ron <BigELil...@msn.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Dec 13, 4:22 pm, ChrisCoaster <ckozi...@snet.net> wrote:
> >>>>> On Dec 11, 4:00 am, Soundhaspriority <nowh...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> <sshankSTRIKET...@tds.net> wrote in message
> >>>>>> Xns9B70C1104A486sshanktds...@216.196.97.131
> >>>>>>> This is a hoot.
> >>>>>>>http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1939/
> >>>>>> I cried myself to sleep for weeks after my local Radio Shack closed last
> >>>>>> year. While I rarely bought anything, the clerks taught me how to curse in
> >>>>>> Pakistani. And I could get lots of catalogs by giving them a different name
> >>>>>> every time I was there.  I get Radio Shack catalogs by the hundreds.
> >>>>>> Now I have to content myself with an ice cream from my Baskin Robbins (I got
> >>>>>> Bwian fired from this one, too) and the grocery store.
> >>>>>> "I don't really have a career, it's a very gnawing thing"
> >>>>>> Robert Morein
> >>>>>> (310) 237-6511
> >>>>>> (215) 646-4894
> >>>>> ____________________
> >>>>> That site is a SCREAM!
> >>>>> ANYONE who wants to know what audio equipment is SUPPOSED to look like
> >>>>> should browse any catalog from the late 70s - early 80s. That goes for
> >>>>> boomboxes as well as home components.
> >>>> I care more about performance than looks.
> >>> ______________________________
> >>> If that's the case, I'll take looks over dumbed-down.
> >> What exactly do you mean my "dumbed-down"?- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
> > ________________
> > Dumbed down?  Magnify some of the pages showing those early 80s
> > receivers. You should be able to read some of the labels on the knobs
> > and switches on the fronts of them.
>
> > Today's receivers have next to none of the functions the old ones did:
> > Hi-cut, Low-Cut, Stereo/Mono, Loudness, etc. Later ones of that period
> > had signal level indicators for FM and AM reception, you name it.
>
> > It's not really "looks" per se, it's actually functionality that I'll
> > take over today's dumbed down consumer components.  They are an insult
> > to mine and others' intelligence.  People used to DEMAND what was on
> > the front of those receivers.
>
> > Surround sound? So what!  A really intelligent receiver would have
> > bass & treble - at minimum, for the center and surrounds as well, to
> > blend the timbre of all five speakers as best as possible.  Lo-cut -
> > to chop off the subsonic frequencies that are often overboosted in
> > post production of many hip-hop songs that I happen to like.  Cutting
> > extraneous bass below 20HZ also prevents the amps from overheating.
> > Get it? But NOOO, the manufacturers think we're too DUMB to know what
> > a low-cut filter or high-cut filter is!
>
> > -CC
>
> I sold hifi back in those days.  Frankly, 9 out of 10 people who *owned*
> that gear had no idea what all those switches were for...maybe 19 out of 20.
>
> The gear's dumbed down because an audio system is just another appliance
> now.  That said, it's pretty sophisticated appliances.  Some things are
> better than ever.  Depending how much money you want to spend on it, you
> can have all the functionality and quality you remember from the 'old
> days' and more.
>
> jak

Maybe the lower end receivers are "dumped down", but I don't see how
it's any different today than it was in the 70's or early 80's.

I have a Pioneer SX-580 receiver (late 70's lower end)
http://www.silverpioneer.netfirms.com/500_series_receivers.htm

A Pioneer SA-540 integrated amp (early 80's lower end)
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa285/zziggy75/images9/lu11.jpg

A Marantz 1090 integrated amp from the late 70's (middle of the road)
http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/1090.html

They all have the basic features, except for the Marantz was has a
"high filter", which makes no audio difference to my ears, and a
midrange control.

I also have a Kenwood KA-52B integrated amp from the late 80's that
has some pretty unique tone controls. Crappy pic but you get the idea
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/bigelile/IM002466.jpg

I think the Kenwood was a middle of the road amp, but not sure. I
bought if from a coke head neighbor that needed $20.00 for a fix back
in 1990.