Nostalgia can have a warm glow (must be tubes) and embellish memories. In my teens I had a decent, real hi-fi, but also bought a mint console, mono radio from the 40's. It was simply a beautiful example of Art Deco design...and yes the way it looked likely had impact on what I thought of the sound(it could help with my rock and roll fever by picking up WLS out of Chicago) It is hard to think of what it might be worth today, had I not sold it....or the mint '67 silver Stingray with both the soft and hardtop and the 350hp 327 and Muncie 4-speed......I certianly wouldn't want that back!
Old FM Tuners....O.K., Great or Folklore...
You can name most of them, Like the Sansui 719 and more. Has anyone actually had the chance to compare an older well thought of tuner to the better current manufactured units..like Magnum Dynalab..etc.? The high end Audio hobby/passion is filled with nostalga. As an example, I put much money into a 1960 Corvette..when done my Dad said, "you know what you have there.....an old car". When I got some newer cars I learned he was right. So is older audio gear more than a trip down memory lane? And I know there are some classic models from ARC, CJ and more..... so ie: are some old classics simply old classics compared to more current high end technology and components within those units? Just asking.
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Yes the tuner info site is informative, but it is like all other opinions out there, it is in the end result someones opinion. No site dealing in any interest/dicipline is the word of God...simply some human's opinion. Unless you go back to the early days of the Wine Advocate with Robert Parker, then you were dealing with the word of God...esp. when it came to what a wine would sell for after a positive review by Mr. Parker. The whole "walking on water" thing is still of questionable use. |
roberjerman3,370 posts Your post is painfully true. Not only is the FM dial filled with former AM mainstream.....I will use the word I would in a live converstation,...crap. Beyond the content you have the concern if the signal is compressed or frequency limited artificially...FM, as does AM, has it's actual limitations without being made worse. Boy I could say the FM band is like much of America's taste in many things, mainstream is actually a cesspool rather than a stream. |
Sarcasm is usually a good way to test possible truths and/or non-truths. Sarcasm has been one of the mainstays of comedians and humor since before the time of Shakespeare. Don Rickles was a bell cow for sarcasm. "Whilst it is said by modernists that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, listening to Hamlet could certainly change anyone's mind. Hamlet uses sarcasm as a relatively threatening and aggressive thing - he's not being that way for "laughs", there is usually only an audience which would not recognise the sarcasm" . |