retro

So I know a lot of people probably don't look back fondly on the PC speakers of the 1980's, 90's, and early 2000's. But I remember some of them sounding really good to me. Now I am trying to put together a retro station with a Philips 27" CRT I acquired that looks really good. Speakers crackle...

This thread is being created for the purpose of rambling on about vintage and retro audio - with a hope that the significance and lasting power of various innovations and technologies related to high fidelity audio will be included. I expect the discussion to be random thoughts on the subject...