af NikonSP » lør 10. jan 2015 11:48
Fantastisk spændende artikel om nogle skelsættende produkter!!
Specielt hæftede jeg mig ved en del af teksten i afsnittet med JBL L-100. Ikke så meget om selve højttaleren, men om den tid, hvor det hele foregik, - i 70'erne. Fænomenal beskrivelse af tiden og specielt hvor lidt ungdommen havde at give sig til i fritiden:
But first, younger readers need to keep in mind that in the 1970s, the biggest demographic group of the post-WWII era—the Baby Boomers—was going to college in droves. They were going to lots of concerts. They were buying lots of records. Also keep in mind that in the 1970s there were none of these things to occupy the typical 19-year old college kid’s time and attention:
No Internet, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest or Shutterfly. No Smartphones. No texting. No iPod, iTunes, tablets or notebooks. No DVR. Heck, there weren’t even any Walkmans or Discmans. In the early 1970s there weren’t even any boomboxes! What’s a 19-year old to do?
They bought stereo. Lots and lots of stereo. In big college cities like Boston there were audio stores on virtually every other corner, or so it seemed. And they all did great business, they all had their particular marketing/merchandising strategy, they all flourished. Kids argued about speakers while having dinner in the dorm cafeteria. Stereo was king, and except for a few other popular college-aged activities, buying and listening to stereo equipment was just about the most important leisure-time activity there was.
Ikke underligt, at der var en hifi-butik på næsten hvert gadehjørne, som der står et andet sted i artiklen og at radiobranchen også i Danmark i samme periode havde kronede dage.
Vh/
Harvey
Der er nu noget ved en Marantz, - og mange andre ting . . .