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In Reply to: Acknowledging Excellence posted by ggraff on September 26, 2001 at 06:39:18:
Many fine designs of today are largely evolutionary from the 50's and perhaps even 40's. Think about triode amps and horn speakers.How many theaters have used/still designs pioneered by James B. Lansing and also the engineers at Western Electric? Some people still search for early Altec and JBL speakers--not to mention Jensen and RCA. The Quad ESL 57 speaker is legendary and still in use--not for theaters though. Old McIntosh and Marantz tube amps are still in use. Even lower quality tube gear like Fisher and Scott was important because it allowed the average person to enjoy much better sound than the typical mass produced hifi of back then. Old tube equipment from these brands is still being used.
David Hafler's Dynaco :another company which should be mentioned for quality on a budget.
Rudy Bozak used to give demos of locomotive train recordings on his speakers. Bozaks are still prized by some today.
Acoustic Research and the Acoustic Suspension loudspeaker was
important. The AR1 was the first loudspeaker capable of producing 32HZ in a smaller than refrigerator sized cabinet. They used to give live vs recorded demonstrations in Manhattan way back. Offshoots of AR: KLH , Advent, Allison, RDL.Paul Weathers designed and marketed the first satellite/sub system back in the 50's.
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