Audio coupe quattro turbos... oops, components?
Discontinued components that you wish the manufact
Hey, some friends and I were thinking, IF you had the
chance: "What DISCONTINUED components would YOU want the
manufacture`s to bring back"? Even IF it was a limited
time, like say 6 months to a year? I came up with some
as well as my friends:
1. Onkyo M-510 & M-588F Power amps. Trying to find one
of these bad boys is A REAL PAIN! AWESOME POWER AND
SOUND!
2. Audio Control R-130 Real-Time Analyzer (even though
they still make the C-131 EQ`s, they don`t make the
R-130). How can you set up your system without a RTA?
3. Sony CX90ES 200 disc CD Changer (The BEST SOUNDING
CD player for it`s time, and THE ONLY ONE THAT LETS YOU
INPUT CD TRACK NAMES)!
4. JVC S6700U S-VHS, and Panasonic S4990 S-VHS vcr`s,
because they had ALOT of cool features, and good picture
quality, along with RECORDING LEVEL METERS AND
CONTROLS (NOBODY HAS THAT FEATURE ANYMORE! EVEN THE NEW
DVD RECORDERS FROM PANASONIC AND PHILIPS DON`T HAVE THAT)!
5. Pioneer Linear Tracking Turntables with Direct Drive.
PL-L50 or PL-L70 or even the PL-1000.
6. Pioneer 3 head cassette decks CT-A9X, CT-93 WITH
the digital noise reduction of the CT-07.
7. Sony JA3ES Minidisc recorder, it sounds alot better
than the later JA20ES, it also has MIC inputs for the
left and right channels. Some CD recorders have
mic inputs, but only 1! WHY NOT 2?
8. Pioneer Elite CLD-99 Laserdisc player, yes I know
that Laserdisc IS a dying breed, but, there`s alot of
concerts, and music video laserdisc`s that
WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY ON DVD! Out of
31 concert and video laserdisc`s that I own,
only 5 are on DVD:
1. Rush-Chronicals,
2. Queensryche-Operation Livecrime
3. Queensryche-Building Empires
4. Lizzy Borden-Murderous Metal Road Show
5. Iron Maiden-Raising Hell
It`ll be a while before we see Rush-Exit Stage Left
or Queensryche Video Mindcrime, or even LIVE IN TOKYO!
Or any Malmsteen, or Iron maiden on DVD! Unless you want
to take your chances and by the bootleg versions,
which are just recorded from VHS anyway!
ANYWAY, you get the point. IF manufactures would just
STOP discontinuing ALL THE GOOD COMPONENTS, JUST SO THEY
CAN SHLOOP IN CRAPPY CHEAPLY MADE DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS,
THEN WE THE COSTOMER, WOULDN`T HAVE TO RELY ON EBAY SO
MUCH, OR EVEN RUN THE RISK OF GETTING RIPPED-OFF ON EBAY!
I`m curious to hear from other people as well.
Keep in mind, this is pertaintin to HI-FI, stereo and
Home Theater products ONLY!
chance: "What DISCONTINUED components would YOU want the
manufacture`s to bring back"? Even IF it was a limited
time, like say 6 months to a year? I came up with some
as well as my friends:
1. Onkyo M-510 & M-588F Power amps. Trying to find one
of these bad boys is A REAL PAIN! AWESOME POWER AND
SOUND!
2. Audio Control R-130 Real-Time Analyzer (even though
they still make the C-131 EQ`s, they don`t make the
R-130). How can you set up your system without a RTA?
3. Sony CX90ES 200 disc CD Changer (The BEST SOUNDING
CD player for it`s time, and THE ONLY ONE THAT LETS YOU
INPUT CD TRACK NAMES)!
4. JVC S6700U S-VHS, and Panasonic S4990 S-VHS vcr`s,
because they had ALOT of cool features, and good picture
quality, along with RECORDING LEVEL METERS AND
CONTROLS (NOBODY HAS THAT FEATURE ANYMORE! EVEN THE NEW
DVD RECORDERS FROM PANASONIC AND PHILIPS DON`T HAVE THAT)!
5. Pioneer Linear Tracking Turntables with Direct Drive.
PL-L50 or PL-L70 or even the PL-1000.
6. Pioneer 3 head cassette decks CT-A9X, CT-93 WITH
the digital noise reduction of the CT-07.
7. Sony JA3ES Minidisc recorder, it sounds alot better
than the later JA20ES, it also has MIC inputs for the
left and right channels. Some CD recorders have
mic inputs, but only 1! WHY NOT 2?
8. Pioneer Elite CLD-99 Laserdisc player, yes I know
that Laserdisc IS a dying breed, but, there`s alot of
concerts, and music video laserdisc`s that
WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY ON DVD! Out of
31 concert and video laserdisc`s that I own,
only 5 are on DVD:
1. Rush-Chronicals,
2. Queensryche-Operation Livecrime
3. Queensryche-Building Empires
4. Lizzy Borden-Murderous Metal Road Show
5. Iron Maiden-Raising Hell
It`ll be a while before we see Rush-Exit Stage Left
or Queensryche Video Mindcrime, or even LIVE IN TOKYO!
Or any Malmsteen, or Iron maiden on DVD! Unless you want
to take your chances and by the bootleg versions,
which are just recorded from VHS anyway!
ANYWAY, you get the point. IF manufactures would just
STOP discontinuing ALL THE GOOD COMPONENTS, JUST SO THEY
CAN SHLOOP IN CRAPPY CHEAPLY MADE DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS,
THEN WE THE COSTOMER, WOULDN`T HAVE TO RELY ON EBAY SO
MUCH, OR EVEN RUN THE RISK OF GETTING RIPPED-OFF ON EBAY!
I`m curious to hear from other people as well.
Keep in mind, this is pertaintin to HI-FI, stereo and
Home Theater products ONLY!