And who could forget OINK-YO?
Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation?
My time in audio (and, video) goes way back. How far back? Does selling console stereos with ceramic cartridges mounted on record changers go back far enough? Things were very competitive back then. And, energetic and creative peddlers of consumer electronics didn't hold anything back.
Here's some examples from my memory. Maybe you can add some of your own?
Maggotbox: Magnavox
RCA Victim: RCA Victor
Kindlingwood: Kenwood
Soundshitty: Sansui
Altec Lansing "Voice of the Outhouse": "Voice of the Theater"
Karmon Hardon: Harmon Kardon
And, who can forget?: "No highs. No lows. It must be Bose."
Or: "You can knock a Yamaha. But, you can't Nakamichi."
Enjoy.
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And, who can forget?: "No highs. No lows. It must be Bose."
Yes, and that simple formula continues to make millions for them. We here might want realism in audio but obviously many, manyore than us don’t. They seem to prefer a soft focus version of the real thing.
There’s a good flavour of the kind of mostly harmless nonsense Linn used to regularly churn out in the 70s and 80s here. http://audiophilemusings.blogspot.com/p/linn-brochures.html?m=1
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