Discover how stereo systems shaped homes in the 1950s and 60s. From hidden Hi-Fi cabinets to creative placement ideas, explore the blend of technology and design that brought music into suburban homes. Learn how audiophiles tackled challenges like cable clutter, soundproofing, and maintaining a stylish living space. Dive into the fascinating history of Hi-Fi systems and their impact on daily life.
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Hi!! This is not bad, but I thought you were to bring us to 2024 technology and not make such a long anthology of the first few decade of stereo. Too long and not reaching the destination !!
Today there are sound bars and steaming music and back then it was the golden age of DIY Hi-Fi and digging for records.
Hearing the soundtrack from the movie "South Pacific" in "Living Stereo" was what started me on my musical Hi Fi journey.
My first stereo system consisted of a Thorens TD 150 Turntable fitted with an ADC Pritchard wood arm and ADC 10E cartridge. A Star SA 30 12 w per channel tube integrated amplifier and a pair of Goodmans Axiom 201 12 inch dual cone loudspeaker drivers mounted in 2 large homemade rectangular enclosures. The sound was very good at the time. I bought this gear in 1965. This was the golden age of records. The recording process kept on improving and records were being played back with better fidelity. One record recorded in 1960 entitled "Percussive Vaudeville" by Audio Fidelity Records, has never equalled or surpassed any record in sound quality over the last 65 years.
! This content was not generated by Al. The script was completely written by me, l also do all the visualizations and editing. The only exception is the voiceover made by a robot reader who read the text I wrote !
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Remember, they used audio tape for stereo in the fifties, not vinyl discs yet. Remember the first experimental binary stereo record player came out in 1952. It used two needle arms. They also had stereo cartridge adapters for monoaural record players for this disc type.
When I was a kid my parents had a cabinet stereo hi-fi and am and FM system record player. Years later we got the Magnavox system and enjoyed it for years. The thing you had to remember was the fact that a demand needle played only 1000 times and a sapphire one 500 times. You had to count this to avoid the record being scratched.
Audiophile IS a ADDICTION this video clip confirms it so.😂😮😂
" The only exception is the voiceover made by a robot reader who read the text I wrote !" That in itself is enough to earn a THUMBS-DOWN for this video! Robot narration is EQUALLY AS OBSCENE as A.I.-generated content!
6:57 AWA – Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, makers of domestic receivers and stereo equipment while also supplying broadcast studio equipment for TV and radio stations across Australia and New Zealand. AND A MILLION TIMES SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING OUT OF AMERICA!
9:02 H.M.V. – His Master's Voice! Through Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Europe, the flagship brand of EMI, and again A MILLION TIMES SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING MADE IN AMERICA! Plus what I said earlier, EMI is the SOLE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE TRADEMARK!
I HAVE ONE SYSTEM THAT COST ME LESS THAN A 1,000.00 DOLLARS AND ONE SYSTEM THAT COST ME AROUND 3.OOO.OO AND MY BEST SYSTEM AROUND 8,000.00 DOLLARS AND THEY ALL ARE GREAT. IF YOU LIKE IT AND IT IS GOOD BABE. (I WAS HAPPY AS HELL WHEN A TOTAL SYSTEM WAS 500.00 BACK IN 1970.
Born in 1943, how well I remember all this! My first 'classical stereo album' was Mahler 3, conducted by Bernstein; 1962 or 3. I recognized in a very brief image, my Quad audio system, with its unique electrostatic speakers, from the late 1960s. 'Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive but to be young, vey heaven!' Thanks for the video.
Lets hear about the 70s and 80s next!
Columbia introduced stereo in 1958, not 1954 as stated in the video.
The biggest change was having to buy a "pair" aka two speakers.
i remember WBZ in Boston simulcasting stereo on AM and FM in the 1960's. Am broadcast one channel while FM broadcast the other.
I bought my first stereo system in 1966 after getting my first job after high school,
Decent video but using AI is lazy and significantly degrades your message. Will not subscribe to AI voice overs