What are your thoughts on the "Edsels" of the audio history?


It is a human normal to seek the best, and the world of the high end audio fan is full of that history.  But what about some of the dead-ends/failures?

How about Quadraphonic, Perfect Sound Forever, 8-track tapes, SQ and others in your thoughts/memory? 





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Showing 1 response by douglas_schroeder

The Nakamichi "stacker" type CD changer was a disaster. Discs would get stuck in them if not put in the horridly shallow tray correctly. Jam the entire thing. 

So, the genius of it is they then make the "shaker" version, where the drawer does a little shimmy to seat the disc properly. Worked - most of the time. 

Cool idea, but not ready for prime time. The sound was OK for the era. They kicked butt on cassette, and bit the dirt on CD changer. The single CD player was good.