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I've been exploring some of the back issues in ESQUIRE's fabulous online archive, and I came across the term, "coterie stereo" in Martin Mayer's review of hi-fi gear in the March, 1959, issue (I was twelve).
Mayer, a very good writer who was Esky's music critic, called it "an extreme strain of the hi-fi virus," but didn't explain what it was.
Anyone familiar with this term from the Golden Age?
Speaking of the Golden Age, was Rudy Bozak the only one to use infinite baffles back then? The enclosures had to be large and unwieldy, and stereo seems to have killed them off.
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Bill,
I'm older than dirt, and I don't recall ever hearing that term.
Infinite baffles? Bozak, of course, but also E-V, Altec, and JBL systems used them. Lots of DIY and third party enclosures were in that class. A neighbor used his coat closet near the front door as his enclosure. He even went to the trouble of fitting a new solid door and using felt gaskets on all the edges. About 80 cubic feet, and still useful as a closet. The coats did a great job of killing reflections and standing waves. He used a 15" Jensen triax.
Jerry
"Anyone familiar with this term from the Golden Age?"
I would say it morphed to "audiophile" these days.
It seems possible that it was a group of proto-audiophiles, like the early computer geeks playing with the Altair 8800.
Anyone here remember something like that? As I indicated, I wasn't into the hobby until 10 years later when I built my first Dynakit.
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