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daily hi-fi 005

McIntosh MCD7005 CD player (1987-88) and MC1000 monoblock amplifier (1992-2000)

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now that i think about it, when i was a kid, almost everyone had an amplifier in their home

what the hell happened

I think back when there were *real* low quality speakers. which made us conscious and desiring of high quality. 

the current world is like “good enough” that makes us not realize we’re missing something.

good old reversion to the mean

a damn shame if you ask me.

not sure there’s any single answer but certainly the rise of portable/bluetooth speakers made the average consumer accustomed to the idea that a sound system was by default “all in one” rather than separate components like source, amplifier, and preamplifier.

in reality what happened through this transitional period is that we largely became accustomed to sound reproduction that is low-quality, under-powered, and multi-function rather than dedicated.