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Whatever Happened To SAE?

I remember in the seventies walking into a Cal Stereo store in the LA area and seeing the SAE equipment. I was a college student back then and owned a reciever. The SAE stuff with it's black metal and white graphics looked sooo imposing and impressive. Amp, preamp, tuner and EQ all in one stack....man, if I could ever own something like that one day! By the time I could afford decent equipment, SAE has been long gone.

Was their stuff any good?

What happened to them?

thanks.......mitch
mitch4t
usblues
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KSAN in 1970-1 was playing all the good stuff at the time and when some squares bought the station,they handed them a square playlist which the DJ's refused to play.So,they locked and boarded up the studio door and kept playing the Dead,Janis,Quicksilver,Airplane etc. and they kept it up as the cops were breakin down the door.You could hear it all as they were still on the air!Ahh,the days....
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bvak
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There's still a big following for SAE gear out there. I still own some great pieces and also use two sae 2600 400 watt amps to drive my infinity rs1b's. If you want to refresh your memory on this classic gear take a look at this website:
http://www.jims-sae-site.com/
-bvak
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mitch4t OP
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I remember Tom Campbell yelling at the end of his commercials...CAL STEREO NOW!!

Betcha don't remember RogerSound Labs....
drubin
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I do!
tvad
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Betcha don't remember RogerSound Labs....
Mitch4t  (System | Threads | Answers)
I was in the Van Nuys store almost every Sunday for several years beginning in 1983. In fact, until three years ago, when I bought my first really audiophile-grade loudspeakers, I still used my RogerSound Labs 3600 Monitors that I purchased sometime around 1988. Loved those speakers.
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