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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:
I'd blame a lot of it on the rise of the High End. Until 1980 they all exhibited at the CES or Winter CES shows. Then, they got the bright idea to have a simultaneous show in another nearby hotel, and tag it the High End Show. At the same time they got the magazines, manufacturers and shops together to tout high end. It was around then that the name game started. Patch cords became Interconnects, speaker wire was now Speaker Cable, and higher volume gear was denigrated as Mid-Fi. This followed a similar marketing program in the UK to differentiate the British gear from imports, and it saved the UK manufacturers. The US simply took it a step further.
Jerry
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