Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles!

There were plenty of "bells and whistles" in the old days! ;-) A high-end Fisher setup might comprise two "Z-Matic" monoblocks with damping controls, a "control center" preamp with balance, treble, bass, loudness, rumble filter, various LP EQ settings (RIAA, FFRR, Columbia, AES, and flat for 78s), a reverb box for "spatial" effects, not to mention a wired remote volume control. Even your speakers might have controls for mids and highs, or tube-driven crossovers. Then your sources--tuner, multi-plex converter, reel-to-reel, and turntable. You were lucky if you didn’t break your neck tripping over all the wires.

Now you get hi-rez music with a little box and a pair of self-powered speaks. ;-)

I remember those Marantz 'scopes....have a cute program that gives one that and a wave and sine simultaneously and you can fool around with its' settings.... ;)

The more Important Question to me is:

What the hell is that in her hand? 

It appears to be  Subservient Wife Magazine...

@thecarpathian *LOL*   ...held in a way she could whup the back of Dudley D. Dunces' head when he intones that 'those 5$/ft. cables would make the system sound Even Better'.... 😏

I'm impressed by the suggestion of very early Bluetoothed equipment....early alien affects 'n effects, I'd guess.....  That could also explain why this 'couple' is dressed in that fashion and the space looks very spaced...

Annnd The Space, itself.....

OMVarious 'n sundry tin gawds....."Decor by the Blind for the Damned" comes to mind, if only mine....

No wonder early experiments with hallucinogens were occurring in that era.....

IF you'd tossed 'n barred me into that 'room' heavily anesthetized, I'd still be in the rubber room with that nicely-fitted canvas coat.. that would.....

*oh*

*sigh*....chit....

...more later, I'm a little tied-up at the moment... J

WTF IS 'Reality', anyway?