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Community => Non-audio hobbies and interests => Humour and Jokes => Topic started by: poseidonsvoice on 5 May 2017, 04:13 pm

Title: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: poseidonsvoice on 5 May 2017, 04:13 pm
:rotflmao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9o_eZGaaMk

Enjoy...courtesy of Chris VenHaus.

Best,
Anand.
Title: Re: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: ArthurDent on 5 May 2017, 06:00 pm
 :thumb:  A touch too much toe-in I think. And of course need more room treatments.  :wink:  Thanks for the link Anand.

JD
Title: Re: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: JLM on 5 May 2017, 09:20 pm
How little has changed in 58 years.   :roll: :oops: :o
Title: Re: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: srb on 5 May 2017, 09:43 pm
2017 ..... and I still have a soft spot for a tweeter .....
Title: Re: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: ebag4 on 6 May 2017, 05:35 am
Quote from: JLM on  5 May 2017, 09:20 pm
How little has changed in 58 years.   :roll: :oops: :o
:lol: Yes Jeff, definitely a disease in my case  :lol:...But that's why I come here!

Best,
Ed
Title: Re: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: Russell Dawkins on 6 May 2017, 06:45 am
Quote from: poseidonsvoice on  5 May 2017, 04:13 pm
:rotflmao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9o_eZGaaMk

Enjoy...courtesy of Chris VenHaus.

Best,
Anand.

I see a rack of 3 Quad preamps ('control units', as they called them) and a Quad tuner at 8:10, here: https://youtu.be/T9o_eZGaaMk?t=491

This Japanese audiophile has it real bad; he has to move his couch to open his refrigerator, being able only to afford a 250 sq ft apartment due to spending $100,000 on his speakers. Oops.
https://youtu.be/XJJy6VJvSCk?t=58
Title: Re: 1959 BBC Broadcast that takes a glimpse inside the world of Audiophiles
Post by: FullRangeMan on 6 May 2017, 01:04 pm
So the Concorde Restaurant from the master Sakuma is a stadium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_b4GpqNB7k