I had a pair of Sansui speakers almost identical to those!
Yep. You had to seriously do your research in those days. Everyone was stealing everyone else's designs.
And they didn't have all the laws concerning truth in advertising, that we do today.
I still remember the first time I played the demo cassette that came with the Nakamichi tape deck.
Part of it had an oboe solo. On certain notes, you could hear the reed... flutter. It was awesome.
After Spain, I got stationed for three years in California. And the C.O. (that hated me), sent a memo to me,
asking that I provide the music for the 4th of July celebration. There was 170 people and their families
stationed there. It was quite the honor.
I had to make a chainlink cage to protect the gear from frisbees, footballs, drunk people, etc.
All I brought out was the receiver/amp, speakers and reel to reel.
Those 10" reels held 6 hours of music to a side, 12 hours total.
I used to buy albums, and only record the "good songs" off each one, then sell the albums to others in the barracks.
It was a good deal for me and them. I got the best songs off the album and they got albums only played once for a discount.
[Music shifts to a minor key] And then came the bad times.
The orders for pee-tests, throughout the military, middle of 1982.
So... I got out in Feb. 1982.
:)
