Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles!

@panzrwagn 

That makes sense. I thought I remembered it in the ‘60s, but whatever I googles said 70’s.

Well the oscilloscope remained the coolest gadget on an audio component ever. It was inspiring to me as a scientist wanna be at the time. Although, in today’s world I am sure the oscilloscope would produce a lot of noice. But it was a thing like Playboy for teens… aspirational. 

Let’s see, I’m thinking… the 50’s and 60’s were largely before the plethora of features and function. Marantz introduced the oscilloscope on a receiver in the mid 70’s. That’s getting pretty gadgety. So, I’d say the 70’s market the reduction of sound quality at the expense of features and functions. I am sure that this was technologically founded… being able to add all these features and functions cost effectively.