Mocking audiophiles back in 1959

[Sir Sanders Zingmore]

Flanders and Swann

 

[Jaimo]

Love the closing line. “I don’t really care for music much- it’s the (a) high fidelity”

amazing insights from the beginnings of hi-fi

 

[mhardy6647]

... and here I was expecting...

http://www.hifilit.com/Mad/Mad.htm

(albeit this is from 1958)

 

[mansr]

Also from 1959: https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hi-fi-fo-fum/zjt6kmn

 

[watchnerd]

Flanders and Swann

The Youtube compression compromises the sound quality a bit.

The LP is much better.

 

[mhardy6647]

speaking of mocking audiophiles...

A little careful perusal of the World Wide Web might just turn up a complete PDF copy.

 

[Alobar]

This was my main rig in 1959.. Remembering playing Mack The Knife on that thing!

 

[watchnerd]

This was my main rig in 1959.. Remembering playing Mack The Knife on that thing!
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Why is the spindle so dang tall?

 

[Alobar]

Why is the spindle so dang tall?

I guess clearance for the tone arm.. I used to stack as many 45's on top as I could (borrowed from my older brothers collection) and it would play them all. My guess is that tone arm must have to raise pretty high to clear a stack of 7 or 10 records.. I was only 5 or so, can't fully remember how many it would hold!

 

[mhardy6647]

I don't think this ever got posted here -- now seems like a good time.

My father was a broadcast engineer in Baltimore, MD in the mid/late 1950s. Not coincidentally, I have an original 45 rpm copy of this down in the basement.