Emulator II
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Yamaha P3500S (-Handles/+Feet)
A modern version would be known as the "Madonna". Am I past it if I think it looks more like a frog?
Do you think the acrylic front will age gracefully?i have also always been partial to Electrocompaniet but have never owned one - considering this one...
I personally don't like their titan color scheme. If they had taken regular silver, the devices would fit previous and past devices in terms of looks.
Maybe for the Lilly Pulitzer crowd...Honestly I wonder how amps would look it if audio was a hobby dominated by young women.
Except in some audiophile minds. Unusual [I hope] but I've seen it, referring to amplifier as "she".I don't think there are gendered speakers or amps yet.
This explains why Marantz uses that small round display on the receivers. They are being nostalgic.There are/have been oh-so-many.
Here's a personal fave -- setting a benchmark for timeless design, IMO (and FWIW).
borrowed images, since I'd have to sell a kidney to afford a single amp, much less a stereo pair.
the original morph (early 1960s):
the reissue (mid-1990s, IIRC):