the caretaker
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A man after my own heart! I have found a soul mate, at last! what's your pension like? Lol...
What has happened to (small) speaker prices
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the caretaker
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Mmm? Young cyrus, a fine fellow and never one to follow the crowd..young cyrus knew his own mind and cared not a jot for pleasing the stupid public..young cyrus found a great truth and his acolytes knew too..then cheek by jowl the word got about , and sophisticated listeners found benison in young cyrus's truth as the proof of the pudding is in the hearing..and once cyrus was heard, we all marveled..life seemed good back in those halcyon days..
the caretaker
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Lovely chandos
Del monaco
Del Monaco
And young Cyrus put a lot of Ads in the mag at the time. Is there a correlation?
Tony L
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Computer/laptop prices are rock bottom, so cheap it’s pretty much a given they’ll be in landfill within three years. I can’t remember exact prices, but when I was an IT manager back in the ‘90s a typical business-grade laptop (486 to early Pentium-era) was crazy expensive even with the economies of scale I had buying 50-100 or more at a time. Same with desktops if you wanted a good reliable brand (IBM, Compaq etc). You were certainly talking more than a decent spec LP12 or three-box Naim amp for a corporate-grade laptop. These days you can get a usable laptop for about £300 from PC World or wherever. Ok, it’s built like crap using slave labour in China, but it’s a powerful tool. The thing that makes me feel old is that a £45 Raspberry Pi is vastly more powerful than say a DEC Alpha, IBM RS/6000 or SGI workstation, which would have cost getting on for as much as a car in the 1990s!
the caretaker
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cheek by jowl costs wonga..to accumulate young cyrus had to speculate..and once speckled, the mistle thrush sung sweetly..
One thing that has contributed: in the last 5 years patents for certain important flatscreen components have expired. Therefore the TV producers had to pay less for the components and could afford lesse prices for their final products. The component industry had of course to digest significant price drops.
It's basically very similar to the situation when the patents of a drug expire and generic forms of the same active pharmaceutical ingredient are allowed to be brought to market.
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Also, have you seen the inside of a modern TV?? They are total junk. They are cheap because they are flimsy plastic junk. Even the better brands are rubbish.
the caretaker
pfm Member
correlation? back to google..lol
Hazelberry
sister
Ruark made beautiful speakers, and I've always liked the name as well for personal reasons. Unfortunate that they're uncommon in the Antipodes.
What are the boxes made of? I reckon the best are made of veneered particle board which appears to be an historical construction now.
What are the boxes made of? I reckon the best are made of veneered particle board which appears to be an historical construction now.
russel
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https://www.radios-tv.co.uk/1972-ferguson-3713/
I will leave you with your well made TV and stick with my crap 55” nano tech LCD that doesn’t make you think you are drunk whilst watching a programme, it also a costs a lot less in real terms than its 1970s counterpart.
Del monaco
Del Monaco
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the caretaker
pfm Member
Thanks..didnt know cyrus were throwing money at what hifi..but when I put a cd into my cyrus xt se my cynicism dissipates...
Del monaco
Del Monaco
Must try to hear one. Was a.ways intrigued.
the caretaker
pfm Member
I wrote a poem about TVs and tablets and phones etc all being piled up and up..as we buy the latest model...my apple touch 4 is excellent but now wont work as the apps need updating and no updates to be had..I wonder how much of that massive pile could have been re used if they carried on providing updates? At least give us a choice? Old clunky ipod or nice new hyper speed ipod? What we get is no choice...new or nearly new..or nothing! Grrrrr
the caretaker
pfm Member
Very good indeed...
You have a choice. You know what Apple are like and you chose to buy Apple. That's is your choice.
the caretaker
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Well the others arent much better...its a modern day malady, all this consumerism..with no concern for what we throw away..send it abroad..out of sight out of mind..