Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation?

@secretguy Wow!  Sounds like you've got a nice piece of racing memorabilia there.  Congrats!!  I just hauled 3 boxes of LPs from my big brother's basement.  I'm pretty sure that album is in there somewhere.

And, this one:

"I Sherwoodn't want to own a piece of that gear".

Funny, the best sounding setup I heard in 40 + years that I owned was from a Stromberg Carlson integrared Amp.  I owned it until a tube shoted and smoked it.  I was kicking the heck out of a pair of JBL Lancers with the aquadag woofer.  I kicked mysel for decades not fixing the SC. I remember fondly Magget boxes!  I studied tube technology in tech school. The LEDs just hit the market. Stereos were either tube, or hybid. No ICs. TTL was born, gate to gate, then the 8080. Ventage 1957, I saw many changes. What was the knock for Crown from the late 70s, 80s?  Mine sounded great for 45yrs. Still decent, just aged out.

We seem to be living in an entirely different age now that the name NAD no longer raises even a faintly embarrased smile.

Oh well, there's still the mention of Schitt Audio to slip in if the dinner conversation gets a little dull.

On second thoughts, maybe not.

Here's a little on topic/off topic story.

Back in the late 70's the dealer "sound rooms" often used sliding glass patio doors to seal them off.  Vendors were happy to provide stickers with their logos on them, which we proudly displayed on the outside of the glass.

One day, while inside the sound room, a customer was staring at the glass door from the inside with a very confused look on his face.  

A little more time transpired, then he just couldn't hold back his comment:  

"I've never heard of A-HA-MAY."

True story.