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In Reply to: RE: Vintage low cost speakers that still fly under radar posted by Neff on February 25, 2012 at 11:14:15
Avid fits your description pretty well. It came along a few years after the Advent, was similar in design, some critics thought it a little better or at least as good, and is less well known now has less of a cult following and thus probably less in demand and cheaper.
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all the best,
mrh
Wow, those scans take me back. I loved the catalogs from mail order hi fi dealers back in the '70s. My favorite was from Warehouse Sound in exotic - sounding (to a college student in Virgina anyway) San Luis Obispo, California. The catalog featured pictures of happy, beautiful SoCal college girls in halter tops who seemed to be completely thrilled to be posing with nerdy looking guys and their Warehouse Sound stereo systems. The system descriptions invariably talked about how great the systems sounded at parties; the not - so - subliminal message was "buy this Pioneer - Dual - Electrovoice rig and you'll be hooking up with hot hippie chicks before you can drop a needle on Best of Bread !" I read and reread the Warehouse Sound catalogs until they fell apart.
Which catalog are your scans from?
The AVID scans were from the one and only (I think) catalog issued by Gordon Miller Music in Baltimore, MD, ca. 1977. Nice store; rather short-lived, though.
Now, is that cover art Seventies enough for you?
all the best,
mrh
Dual TT's, BIC loudspeakers, Koss Pro4A's, Akai cassette decks, Kenwood amps. I had a Warehouse Sound tee shirt that I wore to shreds. There was a local hifi store in NC that carried the same brands. I think they subscribed to Warehouse Sounds catalog and just ordered the same stuff. Used to stand in front of some huge Altec speakers and turn it up and let our bell bottom pant legs flap in the breeze. Good times.
I concur. A friend sold them in the 70s. They were designed by Victor Brociner,one of the great old audio designers.
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