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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Watts/channel question (Was: Sony ES vs. Sony A/V receivers)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.162331.7344@news.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1992Dec26.061858.1039@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> <1992Dec26.143123.14229@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 16:23:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.143123.14229@scott.skidmore.edu> mcobb@scott.skidmore.edu (mary cobb) writes:
- >Speaking of 1978, is it true that just about anything made in the 70's that
- >had to do with Audio was incredibly high-quality? My dad has a Marantz
- >reciever, ~40watt/chan., hooked up to some Bose speakers with some really
- >funky plaid speaker covers. They sound phenomenal (don't go very loud, but
- >the quality is there).
-
- In a word, No.
-
- A lot of 1970's audio equipment, by virtue of using transistorized technology
- which had not been perfected then, sounded downright awful. There certainly
- were some fine pieces made then, but a blanket assertion that all hardware
- made in that period was of high standards is downright wrong.
-
- Bose speakers? I can't imagine anything of quality coming out of a speaker
- produced by Dr. Bose and his pseudoscience, but hey... one never knows.
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