INITIATED MY INTEREST IN PRE-RECORDED MUSIC....AND 'RECORD COLLECTING'.......A BOX OF 'REPLACEMENT' STEEL NEEDLES WERE AVAILABLE AT WOOLWORTHS. THIS OLD TIN MACHINE WAS REPLACED, IN THE 1950'S, WITH A FAR MORE HI-TECH, PORTABLE RCA 'SUITCASE' VICTROLA; THEN, A MORE FASHIONABLE WESTINGHOUSE 'SOCK HOP' PLAYER; THEN A 'STATE OF THE ART' G.E. 33 1/3RPM "STEREO" MODEL, WITH 'DUAL,SWING OUT SPEAKERS" IN 1962......LEADING TO 'COMPONENT STEREOS' IN THE MIDDLE 1960'S.....4-CHANNEL SOUND IN THE 1970'S....AND, EVENTUALLY, TO MULTI-COMPONENT "SYSTEMS" WITH MAGNETIC PHONO CARTRIDGES WITH ELLIPTICAL STYLI... AND SUB-WOOFERS.....AND FINALLY, ..... 'MONSTER' SYSTEMS FEATURING ELECTROSTATIC PANELS AND PHASE-ARRAYED MULTI-AMPED CONE AND HORN SPEAKERS WITH 15", AND LARGER, BUTYL RUBBER-SURROUND-WOOFERS WITH HEAVY 'MAGNETS', WOODEN 'HORN' MIDRANGES AND 'BAT'S EARS' HYPERBOLIC TWEETER DRIVERS..... AS WELL AS COMPLEX ARRAYS OF 'INPUTS' AND 'OUTPUTS' AND THEIR MANY CABLES AND OPTICAL CONNECTORS....FOR 'REALISTIC SOUND PROCESSING'........
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