[sdiy] Opening Boxes - was Taking a Step towards

[nN AAt e e]

> Or the early to mid 80s when the "Must look like components/must look like
> a rack mounted stereo" craze hit.  Sounddesign, MCS ( JCPenny store
brand ),
> and many others we had to repair.  HUGE box.  I mean some of those things
were
> 8U tall.  Open it up, *EVERYTHING* is mounted on the front panel.  Way
> at the very back is this tiny tiny little power transformer.  Some of the
> "upscale" ones had actual lead weights in the bottom to make them feel
> like they were something.  Turntables with crappy little DC motors like
> you'd find on cassette decks.  My friends would always laugh at me because
I
> had this ancient rec-o-kut turntable with a belt drive syncronis motor
> large enough for an electric golf cart and a 30kg platter that took about
> 15 seconds to come up to speed.
>
> Consumer electronics are depressing.
>

but you have to love the prices on old stuff... my whole stereo is mostly
15+ year old gear, at a total price of about fifteen dollars, most of which
was for wiring.
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