Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Turn Your Radio On ... Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 11:49:41 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <238e6bdd-2be4-b959-85fd-d27e3aae0b6c@example.net> References: <_hycnQxlN5kAphr6nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <8RucnQnhsYgzjgr6nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <9ducnXj9pdrfuwr6nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <380b1c81-2b3c-6409-6bbd-edfba43be389@example.net> <4670715e-82d6-a606-815a-a646ca03044d@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-1197829635-1738493383=:16712" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2316863"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:65139 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1197829635-1738493383=:16712 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 2 Feb 2025, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: >> >> Very beautiful! They really could design beautiful technology in those >> days! > > > They liked to put at least a little "art" into them > back then. This look went WAY back to the early 1900s > when mostly just 'the rich' could afford tech but > wanted it to blend-in as acceptable "furniture". This were always better in the good old days! ;) > Also had a hi-fi unit built into a very nice wooden > cabinet. For the player you opened the top. The > speakers were also concealed and you had to open > two little doors down lower. The rest of it WAS a > cabinet, although one shelf was tall enough for > LP records. My father had a similar setup, but I think he built it himself actually. > Then, later, 'art' was replaced by the modern/techno > look - square metal and black plastic. Yuk ! There is a retro trend that's been raging for a few years, where manufacturers do offer their products in fake or real wood casings. The Tivoli radio was an early example of this trend. I wonder if the trend has now faded and we'll be going back to plastic/metal casings? I think the three stages of equipment trends are: * Wood * Plastic * Metal and fashion the alternates between the two throughout history. > Can't swear it now, but I think the old Zenith > lit up the active (top) channel number on the > dial. > > >>>  Dunno what became of it, but it probably still works. >>> >>>  Don't touch that dial ! >>> > > --8323328-1197829635-1738493383=:16712--