Stereo records continue to be with us, 66 years after their introduction. RCA’s stereo cassette, introduced that same year, didn’t survive.
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Hi-Fi Hi-Five
I ask good questions. This is a screen shot from the Audio Unleashed page on Patreon for an upcoming podcast. Being an AU patron costs only $3/month.
The podcasts are available for free, minus some content that’s exclusive for patrons. Recommended for hardcore audio aficionados only!
Feeling Blue About Hosting
More troublesome fun with my domain. I have found it’s always better when I tell the support person exactly what the problem is.
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Email
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Bose Buys McIntosh!
That’s McIntosh Labs in Binghamton New York, not Apple’s line of Macintosh computers. McIntosh dates back to 1950s-era hi-fi tube amps, and this is big audio news that’s coming from out of nowhere.
I frequently drive past the Bose headquarters, and the chairman of the Bose board lives near here. As a privately held company, he must have approved, if not initiated, this very surprising move to acquire McIntosh.
If I were to lose all sense of financial perspective and buy a McIntosh product that I don’t need, it would be the integrated amp in the picture. As it is, I own only one Bose product, the now-discontinued Wave Music System I bought in 2008, that I continue to use every day.
Stop & Stop
I was about to leave to visit a Stop & Shop, in search of a particular item that I can’t find at my usual supermarket. Then I saw this TV report.
It’s very unlikely the non-food item I’m looking for will be out of stock, assuming it’s something that’s normally carried at the store. If all else fails, there’s Amazon, of course. I might explain later what it is, and why I’m searching for it, depending on how the story turns out.
The Final Frontier
This was premiered last weekend at James Cawley’s Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, New York. Present on the bridge of the Enterprise was Robin “Saavik” Curtis and, in Captain Kirk’s chair, William Shatner.
Here’s the background on the video’s production: