How about a "Remember This?" forum AudioGon?


I had the wacky idea of seeing if the good folks at AudioGon could set up a forum where guys like me (who are literature pack-rats) could post scanned photos of old adds, lit. pics, etc. of vintage stereo gear.

Purusing through my old mid 70's Stereo Review and Audio mags got me reminiscing and I thought this might be kinda neat for some of us.

What do any of you think?

PS -- Remember the Pioneer HPM-200 loudspeaker system? This was the era that I first got "hooked" on Hi Fi and yes, I STILL have the original lit. for it!
denf
Speaking of "remember this"! I remember when Sean provided informative and entertaining posts all the time, not just once in a while!
Nice idea for a thread.

I've asked this a couple of times but NEVER received a response from someone who recalled a system of speakers I once had (of course, there could be other reasons for no responses!). :-)

During the "Quad Days", in about 1976, I had a Pioneer 727 and then a Marantz 4400, which most recall. However, I had a system of ESS speakers that were called Satellite 4's. There were four small 6" drivers in separate boxes for FR, FL, RR, and RL and a 12" bass-reflex speaker. All were run through an outboard cross-over box which ran into the receiver/amp. Kind of a precursor to subwoofers and outboard crossovers more common today. I still have two of the satellites and the bass reflex. The crossover box got lost in a move and I gave two of the satellites to a friend a long time ago. Anyone remember these? Love to find the original X-over box to re-create a retro system some day!
Sean;

Yeah, those Rodrigues cartoons were something I always looked forward to! (sometime the ONLY thing in Stereo Review).

I actually have a book of some of his stereo-related cartoons called "Total Harmonic Distortion" that I won, as a runner-up in one of the caption contests that S. Review used to hold annually -- remember those??

You might try a Google search or check Amazon for it.

And yes, those Lirpa Labs reviews were funny as all get out!