Hey Hxtl,
Remember the word "fronting"? That was a big one in the 70's.
It stood for when someone was putting on a front, making themselves something they were not.
The thing about idlers, and anything else for that matter, was that the old was being looked at as clunky. For instance, the fronts of buildings were being covered with metal hiding and damaging the old stonework. I do not remember anyone in my neighborhood, of which and audiophile was not to be found, having anything like a Lenco or Garrard idler. Not unlike today, -people- wanted "cool" which at that time did not include the old aesthetic.
A Lenco is a most un-cool looking thing. The Garrard maybe a step better; the Thorens looks like a dinosaur. It's a cool to be square aesthetic.
This whole thread throbs with "love is in the air" ....
But not a lovefest for any idler.
"phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust" - Clash
Remember the word "fronting"? That was a big one in the 70's.
It stood for when someone was putting on a front, making themselves something they were not.
The thing about idlers, and anything else for that matter, was that the old was being looked at as clunky. For instance, the fronts of buildings were being covered with metal hiding and damaging the old stonework. I do not remember anyone in my neighborhood, of which and audiophile was not to be found, having anything like a Lenco or Garrard idler. Not unlike today, -people- wanted "cool" which at that time did not include the old aesthetic.
A Lenco is a most un-cool looking thing. The Garrard maybe a step better; the Thorens looks like a dinosaur. It's a cool to be square aesthetic.
This whole thread throbs with "love is in the air" ....
But not a lovefest for any idler.
"phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust" - Clash