I'VE BEEN CONTINUALLY "UPGRADING" THE "STEREO"....AND NOW THE "HOME THEATRE".......SINCE 1959, WHEN I RECEIVED MY FIRST GE PORTABLE STEREO WITH FOLD-OUT SPEAKERS IN TAN LEATHERETTE....COMPLETE WITH CONTROLS FOR BALANCE, TONE AND VOLUME.....AND A "PING-PONG" PERCUSSION ALBUM.......BY 1964 I HAD CONSTRUCTED A COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM EICO AND HEATHKIT DO-IT-YOURSELF KITS AND MY FIRST MAJOR PURCHASE AFTER COLLEGE WAS A PAIR OF KLH-12'S WITH OCTAVE-EQUALIZERS, A THORENS TABLE WITH A v-15 MAGNETIC CARTRIDGE MOUNTED IN A SHURE SME TONE ARM, AND A MARANTZ QUADRAPHONIC RECEIVER........THE SYSTEM HAS GONE THROUGH NUMEROUS....AND I MEAN "NUMBEROUS" EVOLUTIONS TO MY CURRENT PROCESSOR DESIGNED BY RICHARD FOSGATE..........I COULD NEVER AFFORD THE EXTREME HIGH-END EQUIPMENT, BUT HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT THE BEST SOUND, AND NOW "PICTURE" THAT I COULD OBTAIN..........BUT THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE LURE OF THE HIGHEST AND BEST-SOUNDING TECHNOLOGY..........BUT MY PRACTICAL NATURE STEPS IN AND SAYS, "ENOUGH!" NOW, THE INTERCONNECTING CABLES ARE FAR MORE COSTLY THAN MY FIRST EQUIPMENT.....AND I CAN REMEMBER ACTUALLY USING THE SPEAKER WIRE AND INTERCONNECTS THAT CAME WITH THE EQUIPMENT..........BOTH HIGH-RESOLUTION SOUND AND VIDEO ARE HERE, FINALLY.....PURPLE VELVET TO MY EYES AND EARS........AHHHH.......
The Art of Analog Diversion by Stargarden
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