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The shams, scams and dead ends of the High Fidelity hobbie/passion/adiction

I am not real current so I may have missed a few. The ones I remember are SQ and any other name for "Quadraphonic", Perfect sound forever, and I will see what my fellow A’goNers can come up with. As a bit of a variation on a theme, I wonder what the most profitable B.S. audio trend/product was?...certianly the 8-track tapes sold well.....and ate themselves rather quickly.   

Sould likely have included the second D in addiction...


whatjd

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whatjd OP
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..ah yes, the 8-track crosstalk was state of the art.  I am so old I remember 4-track tapes before 8-track.  Interesting that with the "net", CD, SACD. et. al. the old analog tape recorded then pressed to vinyl LP/album is still the "Sound of (real) Music".
whatjd OP
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Yes, the Hobbie should have had the "s" I intended.  My keyboard is old and having problems with sticking letters and ones that sometimes do not work, like the "s".  I will try to be more diligent so as not to cause anyone sleepless nights or ulcers. 

whatjd OP
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Yes, in this country hobby with a y, but not in all countries/cultures. 
whatjd OP
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djones51, your post has me concerned. Are you saying my 8-track, Thunderlizard 3000 radio/cd player and blender is no longer SOTA? I may have to lay down.


whatjd OP
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In the early days I had both a Beta and VHS player, the TV station I recorded commercials at used a pro form of Beta.  This could be folklore, but I had been told that Sony wanted royalties for Beta and JVC did not for VHS...hence the success of VHS? 


whatjd OP
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Or, perhaps, audio gear that has "balanced" inputs that when you look inside are just wired to be seen as unbalanced?  Oh, am I saying that many GM and Ford cars of the '70s were simply Chevys and Fords with different bumpers....Americans would never be fooled by that!

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