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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
fjblair
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"djones511,439 posts02-28-2020 9:14pmI had an 8 track it took careful placing of the matchbook so two songs didn't play at the same time."
Ah yes, the good old days.

I've yet to figure out how to quote on this forum. Some really vintage software here.
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axememan
279 posts
 
Myth has it that the Porn Industry chose VHS and the rest is history.
But,Sony Won The Bluray HD Wars and 4k.We'll never know why Sony neglected to put out a 4k player those first few years[I had to buy a Samsung 4K] or why Sony did not include a 4k Player in the PS4??
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axememan
279 posts
 
How About the Zune..I chose that over the Apple offerings.I was told this would be the thing for Classrooms etc,and such..there went $250.00!!
shtinkydog
681 posts
 
+1 JC.  had some fat ass monster cables maybe 25 yrs.  (the old cheapy ones with the clear jacket), then got some skinny ass Kimber PBJ.  no comparison. 
whatjd OP
1,139 posts
 
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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