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Surround sound, 1970s style. Who needs Ohm loudspeakers when you have this Zenith Circle of Sound radio? Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Joe Haupt.
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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.
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"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.
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We know what she's thinking – "this thing is even harder to play in tune than a banjo!" From Electronics Illustrated, January 1961.
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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.