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RE: So what did happen in the 80's that made the 70s look so good

Posted by AJ (A) on August 22, 2016 at 17:01:44

In Reply to: So what did happen in the 80's that made the 70s look so good posted by airtime on August 22, 2016 at 08:17:45:

80's- what a great time for high end- some companies benefited from rolling around in the late 70's and perfected their designs.

American specialist manufacturers ruled with computer technology trickling down for CAD and circuit design and hard lessons learned while materials science became very sophisticated yet affordable.

Acoustat
Classe
Audio Research
Vandersteen
Oracle
Counterpoint
Krell
CJ
Spectral
NYAL
Beveridge
Martin Logan
Rowland
Forsell
etc.... etc....

Probably one of the most prolific times for "high end" audio that was just about in reach of ordinary folks.

70's was largely mass market Japanese.

Today, the android and iOS devices takeover for cheap entertainment as the numbers out of the artisan factories flounders manufacturers get desperate and add 2" thick faceplates with gold engraving for the rich overseas markets with little relationship to performance.

The days of affordable high performance audio are virtually over as mediocrity takes over, old folks hang on to vintage memories, dealers get eaten by the 2nd hand web market and money congregates in Asian and other Eastern Markets leading to increasingly unaffordable bling.

1980s good times!

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