t. It seems astonishing these days that in the 70s Comet used to sell all of those. Comet also used to sell LPs, I bought a few from my local store.
In 1975, a pair of Rogers LS3/5as were £114.40 a pair.
A pair of them can go for over £2,000 these days...
In 1974 a pint of beer where I lived was 15p.
I can't remember what the plinth and arm cost and can't check my copies of old HiFi News at the moment. It seems astonishing these days that in the 70s Comet used to sell all of those. Comet also used to sell LPs, I bought a few from my local store.
Shocking, had no idea these were cheap speakers.In 1975, a pair of Rogers LS3/5as were £114.40 a pair.
A pair of them can go for over £2,000 these days...
I'll pick out a few bits of kit that I currently own:
Practical Hi-Fi December 1976.
I notice two prices are listed in the magazine, the RRP and a discounted price. In practise which price were the majority of punters likely to be paying?
This is long before the fixed-price cartel thing of the ‘80s BADA dealers (IIRC the by appointment dem and home installation thing meant they could sell as a service and not be accused of price-fixing, but I may be misremembering). I remember most of the big stores, e.g. Laskeys, Comet etc, offered huge discounts on most stuff. No one ever paid RRP! As ever plenty of bargains in grabbing end of line stuff too. I remember hi-fi shops being everywhere, even smallish towns had something. A whole different world, sadly.
Makes you wonder how these will now compare with speakers around today at these prices.Pioneer SX-1250 - £758 RRP in 1976 (£5,547 in today's money)
Yamaha CR-1000 - £449 RRP in 1976 (£3,290 in today's money)
Celestion Ditton 66 - £375 RRP in 1976 (£2,748 in today's money)
Yet more affirmation of my growing up in the wrong era (I'd love to have grown up during the 60s and 70s).
Makes you wonder how these will now compare with speakers around today at these prices.
As an example, the Celestion of yesteryear versus these, be an interesting test.
https://www.hifix.co.uk/kef-ls50-wi...MIp4P3_4qj2wIVJbXtCh0-NAA6EAQYAiABEgLjyvD_BwE
Or 20/20 foresight to buy tomorrow's classics today.
In 1975, a pair of Rogers LS3/5as were £114.40 a pair.
A pair of them can go for over £2,000 these days...
PS Rather envious of your SX1250! Is it as good as it looks?
Some of the old school (discrete circuitry) but modern kit made by Accuphase, Audio Research and Pass might still make classic status in a generation or two.There will be absolutely no “tomorrows classics” from the era 2000-2020 or beyond sold as functioning units in 70 or so years time. Mind you, in 70 years time, home 3D printing and copying out of copyright processors will be trivial... but getting them in the box will be a merde. Devialet Phantom is a case in point.