Fuji – Preservation Sound https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:48:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Visual Culture: the late 1970’s https://www.preservationsound.com/visual-culture-the-late-1970s/ https://www.preservationsound.com/visual-culture-the-late-1970s/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:35:44 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=5385 Today on PS dot com: a quick survey of some wonderful Hi-Fi visuals circa 1977.  Above: Fuji blank cassette media.  My latest embarrassing collecting habit: dead stock unopened blank cassette tapes. Because why not.  Report to follow.

Altec Model 15 and Model 19 loudspeakers

Empire Phono Cartridge

Hitachi metal-cone speaker drivers. Who knew?

Jennings-brand Hi Fi speaker systems

Experimental binaural headphone system by JVC.  500-cycle crossover point; highs originate in front of the face, lows from above the ears.

Above: KOSS headphones, for both pop/rock and classics

NIKKO Hi-Fi components

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