Coterie Stereo

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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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Topic - Coterie Stereo - BillH 07:32:37 09/27/16 (3)

RE: Coterie Stereo - Bold Eagle 08:54:03 09/28/16 (0)

RE: Coterie Stereo - Uncle Mike 08:24:38 09/27/16 (1)

RE: Coterie Stereo - BillH 08:38:50 09/27/16 (0)

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