Vintage Audio Advertising

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[pablolie]

Is this one promoting, Jazz, wine, cigarettes, reading poetry or turntables.
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Possibly also the morning-after pill?

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[egellings]

I don't know what's more egregious - the sexism or the speakers are facing away from him

Easy. Speaker placement!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

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[Ralph_Cramden]

 

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[MoreWatts]

"The Admiral Tele-Bar is a factory-built entertainment center equipped with a 21-inch black-and-white TV, AM-FM radio, record player, 10-inch speaker, built-in lockable bar with 32 glasses, serving tray, and trash can. The lid converts to a cocktail tray. It appears to have been made for only one year. In 1951, it cost a whopping $895, while the average price of a new car was $1,800!" Blatantly reposted from Reddit.

Wonder if the bottles and glasses rattled during deep-bass notes? The bottom photo shows the 'serious drinker option', as the cognac snifter appears to hold about a liter.

 

[respice finem]

But on a more serious note: These cabinets must have had cooling fans I guess?

 

[egellings]

I don't know what's more egregious - the sexism or the speakers are facing away from him

The speakers! The speakers!

 

[xanalog]

I did a 20 minute search-n-fail mission for the original intro of the Sony MiniDisc in the US.

The print-media, at the time, had an advertisement calling it "The Perfect Sound Forever!"
Perhaps a Sony marketeer may have removed the 3rd word 'Compressed' from their pitch!

 

[Petrushka]

The most effective ad ever made for audio equipment was ostensibly not an ad, but the Julian Hersh review of the Bose 901 in Stereo Review. I don’t think anyone in audio history made such an impact with one sentence.

Hirsch, a respected reviewer known for his measured and professional tone, described the Bose 901 as a revolutionary approach to sound reproduction, stating he had "never heard a speaker system in my own home which could surpass, or even equal, the Bose 901 for overall 'realism' of sound"

 

[Robin L]

My understanding is that the Auxetophone was a species of amplifier that was non-electronic, using pressurized air to increase volume.

. . . but this is really an excuse to show you the original Short and Parsons Auxetophone:

 

[dr0ss]

"The Admiral Tele-Bar is a factory-built entertainment center equipped with a 21-inch black-and-white TV, AM-FM radio, record player, 10-inch speaker, built-in lockable bar with 32 glasses, serving tray, and trash can. The lid converts to a cocktail tray. It appears to have been made for only one year. In 1951, it cost a whopping $895, while the average price of a new car was $1,800!" Blatantly reposted from Reddit.

My father was an Admiral dealer in the early 1960s, and they must have stopped making those by then because it is absolutely the kind of thing my parents would have. They were very much "come home from work and have a pitcher of martoonies" kind of people.

 

[Mart68]

My father was an Admiral dealer in the early 1960s, and they must have stopped making those by then because it is absolutely the kind of thing my parents would have. They were very much "come home from work and have a pitcher of martoonies" kind of people.

I'm old enough to remember when getting drunk during the course of the working day was totally normal.

If you only had three pints in the pub at lunchtime you were considered a lightweight.