Always was. Rare to find a 'good' setup in a shop.

Posted by Smelly_Socks on September 30, 2016 at 12:00:21

In Reply to: Rooms posted by Inmate51 on September 30, 2016 at 11:33:27:

Back in the 60's walls of equipment, with speakers lined up on the other short wall.
The 'better' rooms had just several speakers lined up to compare, but all side by side. At least the speakers were at the end of the room, with a listening chair available.

Then the 'boards' with allowed different components to be connected. Usually with jacks. And hundreds of feet of wire added in, CHEAP wire. LOL

The better places did not do that. Instead they hand connected the stuff directly.
Rarest were the places with electronics left on.. Usually everything was just turned on for YOU to listen.

And the quality of the rooms was directly proportional to the price of the stuff.
Cheap stuff always was the wall of parts. The $$$$$ stuff got the nice rooms.

I would say high quality showrooms are (and always were) a rare bird. Seen only in a few cities.

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Topic - Rooms - Inmate51 11:33:27 09/30/16 (24)

RE: Rooms - fantja 04:35:26 10/03/16 (0)

If all showrooms were excellent ones we'd have little need for equipment reviewers - genungo 04:29:54 10/03/16 (0)

RE: Rooms - DrN 04:12:03 10/03/16 (0)

RE: Rooms - erik_sq 10:11:47 10/02/16 (8)

RE: Rooms - Inmate51 05:08:44 10/03/16 (7)

RE: Rooms - erik_sq 07:52:13 10/03/16 (6)

RE: Rooms - Inmate51 09:15:32 10/03/16 (0)

RE: "Lack of bass" in Fremer's untreated listening room - genungo 08:13:44 10/03/16 (4)

RE: "Lack of bass" in Fremer's untreated listening room - Dave_K 11:01:15 10/03/16 (3)

True, and... - genungo 11:50:40 10/03/16 (0)

RE: "Lack of bass" in Fremer's untreated listening room - erik_sq 11:42:02 10/03/16 (1)

RE: "Lack of bass" in Fremer's untreated listening room - genungo 12:12:41 10/03/16 (0)

RE: Rooms - Dave_K 13:42:06 10/01/16 (0)

It's a home shop - G Squared 17:23:36 09/30/16 (5)

Hear, hear! - E-Stat 07:12:25 10/02/16 (3)

RE: Hear, hear! - fantja 04:36:14 10/03/16 (0)

whoa! - Green Lantern 10:39:24 10/02/16 (1)

RE: whoa! - E-Stat 11:08:08 10/02/16 (0)

It's custom made to do so... N/T - musetap 21:09:43 09/30/16 (0)

Some of the best rooms were - risabet 12:45:35 09/30/16 (0)

Always was. Rare to find a 'good' setup in a shop. - Smelly_Socks 12:00:21 09/30/16 (3)

agreed - slapshot 12:07:23 09/30/16 (2)

RE: agreed - Green Lantern 19:18:14 10/01/16 (0)

RE: agreed - DeeCee 20:46:10 09/30/16 (0)

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Always was. Rare to find a 'good' setup in a shop. - Smelly_Socks 12:00:21 09/30/16 (3)

agreed - slapshot 12:07:23 09/30/16 (2)

RE: agreed - Green Lantern 19:18:14 10/01/16 (0)

RE: agreed - DeeCee 20:46:10 09/30/16 (0)

Always was. Rare to find a 'good' setup in a shop.

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