I grew up some time B.C. (Before Computers) and main hi-tech thing we were drooling about was audio equipment. First amp we had at home was made by my father's friend. In the first version of our ever changing stereo system, we embedded an old vacuum tubes radio, and an even older record player. Speakers were home made as well, and everything looked super cool, draped in dark red with yellow details. Elements were seamlessly plugged in, and it was a piece of art, produced by my Dad with me and my brother helping.
As our system was gaining in sound quality and losing in beauty, we started looking magazines, and drooling about better audio components to use. I remember reading about McIntosh components like this one here, but they were just too exotic to even dream about.
Today in Magnolia Hi-Fi I saw this beauty, greening happily with its vacuum tubes. It is still too expensive, and I'd rather buy a few nice lenses for my camera, but it looks cool, even after all of these years and new technologies that were invented in the meantime.

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Данас је звук нешто што прати видео уместо да буде главни догађај, али није увек било тако.

Некад давно, после каменог доба, али пре него што су компјутери завладали светом, добра аудио опрема је било нешто о чему смо сањали и скупљали паре да купимо бар нешто од тог сна.
Некима је био довољан и транзистор, док су други узимали најновијег Маранца, али не знам да је ико имао Мекинтоша. Одлична опрема али је увек била малкице прескупа. Појачало као ово на слици је било таман као половни ауто. Вреди? Можда, али ја више волим да узмем неко једноставније, јефтиније, сокоћало са телепилотом и разним опцијама, а за разлику узмем по неки објектив и мањи ауто. :)