@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.
Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles!
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@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. |
That makes sense. I thought I remembered it in the ‘60s, but whatever I googles said 70’s.
Well the oscilloscope remained the coolest gadget on an audio component ever. It was inspiring to me as a scientist wanna be at the time. Although, in today’s world I am sure the oscilloscope would produce a lot of noice. But it was a thing like Playboy for teens… aspirational. |
@mapman .....still recovering from the 'follow-thru' from her retort: "...just whistle.... You know how to whistle, don't you?" ....spend the rest of the night making 'putt putt' noises going nowhere in particular.... *LOL* |
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