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Remember when stereos used to be furniture? I do. My grandmother had one of these in her house. To this day I regret not having a place big enough to store it when she passed. It looked good and had a wonderful rich sound. I really only ever saw her use it during the holidays to play her collection of holiday music while we were all there.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, it was over by the phone just like this image. Back then people had one phone and it was usually in or near the kitchen.<\/p>\n

For some reason, even though the stereo was near the kitchen she always used a small transistor radio in the kitchen while she was cooking. A few times when we visited I remember she turned on the stereo to get the weather or something from the local radio station, so I know the radio part worked.<\/p>\n

There was something about the massive cabinet which gave both music and voice such a full sound. I imagine hers probably had quite a few tubes which would have been difficult to replace, but it is a memory which sticks with me. It appears the hipster crowd has become enamored with these old stereos as well. Updating them with a few modern components, but, in many cases leaving the tube type amplifiers in place. Someretail sites<\/a> list these things for thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

Why old analog tech with tubes? Only analog can record and playback the full range of sound. Digital can sound crisp and clean, yes. You can also put a terabyte of music on something you can hold in your hand which makes it convenient, but, sound is a sine wave just like analog. Digital can only approximate it.<\/p>\n

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