Stone Knives and Bearskins

Stone Knives and Bearskins

Written by Frank Doris

 

 

Surround sound, 1970s style. Who needs Ohm loudspeakers when you have this Zenith Circle of Sound radio? Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Joe Haupt.

 

 

He's listening to the Yankees versus the Giants, but why does it look like he's holding a fuzz box? From Radio News, October 1937.

 

 

"I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins." Actually, it's an Atwater Kent radio from 1924. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Daderot.

 

 

We know what she's thinking – "this thing is even harder to play in tune than a banjo!" From Electronics Illustrated, January 1961.

 

 

A cassette deck claimed to record digitally-encoded music with perfect fidelity? Call us skeptical! This 1980s Aiwa AD-F990 is very highly regarded, though.

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