All the brands I don't like...

@jollygreenaudiophile

Sigh, those were great days for modern visual design. Onkyo, Hitachi, Technics, Kyocera, in Asia,Tandberg and Revox from Europe, Carver from the US.

All of them had amazing looking products.

@marqmike ....She's touring in the UK currently, but is going to be in Atlanta in April 1 & 2...*S*  Going to add her to my list of BluesGrrls I've had the pleasure to see IRL.... 👍😁

Used to have this little box with LED's that would either give you VU or RMS power...the latter was instructive as to how much actual wattage was being delivered to the speakers.  Most of the time, you'd be running below 1~1.25, but the peaks could 'flick' up substantially....

At the time I was running 150 a side.  Never got that high on the read-out; couldn't stand to be in the room (12 x 20, 10 ceiling)....*L*

I haven't owned anything with meters since my Revox A77...and that's been awhile...*G*

oh, and Yamaha. I'm talking before the days of the M80 there.

@jollygreen....Pardon me, I handle my anger quite well, thank you veddy much....*G* The bumper stick on my car that states:

DEATH TO ALL WHO OPPOSE ME

is a mild warning....I let most survive...’physically’, anyway....*L*

But, that’s what happens when one grows up with LA freeways, and has learned to cope with various metromadness combat traffic. ;)