I bought a lot of Realistic shortwave and scanner radios in the past. And I may have purchased a set of speakers for the garage but never for serious listening.
OK, here is a name from the past. I used a lot of Lafayette stereo products in the 70's. They had some excellent stuff for the price. They sold integrated amplifiers for $1 per watt! Lafayette Criterion speakers could be had for a very good price. I even bought my Dual turntable from them. No CD players back then, just good old vinyl and magnetic tape. I was fortunate to have several different reel to reel recorders too, such as Wollensak and Ampex. Reel to reel's were great for parties. You could get 2 hrs per side at 3 3/4 ips. Today's MP3 discs have that beat by a long shot even at the higher bitrates. But digital music wasn't even a twinkle in Fraunhofer's eye in the 70's
OK, now I feel old
