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Article #1669Re: OT but fun - 1939 Radio Shack catalog
From: yokl
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:34
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:34
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jakdedert wrote: > I think the OP also fails to appreciate the relative value of those old > pieces. Consider your first listing. In '78 it listed for $250. > Depending on which index to which you refer > <http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/> that amount is worth from > $795 to $1500 in todays dollars. That's for a receiver that pumps out a > whopping 20 watts per channel! Never mind the features; that's not a > whole lot of power. Granted the distortion figures are laudable, and > the build quality is very good; but $1500 will buy a pretty nice rig > these days. > > Further, that was the low-end of the spectrum. People often spent over > $500 for the higher-end models. Those were the ones with the real > features...and even better specs. > > That $500 in 1978 equates to a 2008 figure that, I think I'm pretty safe > in saying, that few spend for their receivers these days. I'm sure that > many on this list 'might' spend that much; but I think the market > penetration at that level was somewhat deeper in those days. I mean, > how many people do you know with $3000 receivers? > > jak the 1939 catalog had a Bogan Binaural 35w/ch amp for $112.43 ($1678) and the 1965 had a Dynakit 35w/ch for $110.45 ($725.63) and today a Markhill 23w/ch is $800. Consider solidstate amp is less then $100 for 45w/ch, most things were more expensive in the old (non-disposable) days and there were plenty of service jobs if you knew how to fix stuff.
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