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I'm fascinated by the quantity of audio stuff in the catalog. I guess audio was the mainstream nerd outlet in the 80s...computers were too new (I was a young adult, very much into my Commodore 64 in 1985. Audio wasn't on my radar, though I'd be getting my first Walkman in a few years).

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I was into it in the 90s, it was really fun to build your system. You'd dream of how much better it would be with a 3-way crossover or even just that equalizer and it did make a big difference sometimes.

Tighter integration killed it mostly. Integrated amplifiers in speakers and your audio source already has an EQ and everything else you'd want all in one unit kinda takes the fun out of it.

Yup, eliminate physical media and it's done.

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