04-29-2022, 11:52 AM
(04-28-2022, 07:54 PM)Drbob Wrote: ...days when the RIAA curve was one of several choices on the equalizer...
So, let's date this puppy. Were local record stores stocking mono/stereo LPs yet? Had any of your local FM radio stations begun stereo transmissions? Were reel-to-reel tape recordings still considered the true "high fidelity" medium?
I was a teenager in Albuquerque NM in those days. For me, Heathkit was the go-to source of amateur radio gear but folks like Eico, Dynakit, and H.H. Scott had the stereo kits that I wanted. Allowances, after-school jobs, and gifts from grandparents underwrote my efforts. Even so, I had to buy one new-fangled acoustic suspension speaker in June and the other in December. Those 60-year old KLH6s were still working when I sold them last year in a massive downsizing. (Undoubtedly the capacitors in their crossovers had degraded but so has my hearing range!)
Welcome aboard from another retired research scientist/engineer.
Regards,
Kent
