Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles!

@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?

Bells and especially whistles were popular with kids back then.

Sitting and listening to records, what killed that? Portable radios, CDs, Walkmans, boom boxes…streaming...smartphones….?

@ghdprentice The Marantz 10b Tuner had an oscilloscope on the front panel in 1965. It remains the best way to tune ever devised. My Apt-1 preamp has a world class phono stage with a proper subsonic filter, actual usable tone controls, flexible mono switching, and a L-R to L+R blend control that I find incredibly useful. Some may consider those bells and whistles, I do not.

@kennyc Sitting around and listening to records is still around and very much alive. I belong to a small group of fellow vinyl-philes who get together regularly to listen. Several of the younger people have commented that they hang around us “old guys” because we Listen to full sides of albums and occasionally entire CDs or concept pieces. In their words “often as the Artists intended”. Apparently a concept lost on modern/younger music fans. They/we/I enjoy the idea, relish in the ritual and love to debate/discuss lyrics, equipment innovations and cultural evolution. (I digress….)

Stop make a short story long, we sit in each others space and enjoy the music together, much like it was commonplace to do, in my part of the world , fifty years ago.

I, for one, am enjoying the Heck out of it.