I had a 1960 VW barn door van in high school, but it was painted olive drab. Otherwise, pretty much dead on.
-D > On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:17 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Me. A few decades ago. > > https://youtu.be/bdMAu-AYMGo > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: December 23, 2022 8:16 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: azbob...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] I have never seen an old console stereo like this before > > Yeah…I absolutely remember how good music sounded while stoned. > > AZBob, hit the weed hard in to ‘70s, haven’t imbibed since 1979. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 23, 2022, at 6:41 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Yes my memories of some of those listening sessions are somewhat hazy >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> >>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:53 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Our minds were very “fuzzy” while listening to that system at the time. >>> From what I can recall, that is. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:45 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think that’s the one he had although my memory might be getting >>>> suggested by that listing >>>> >>>> --FT >>>> Sent from iFōn >>>> >>>>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:31 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Best friend in high school had a dad who was a very successful law >>>>> practice. Their house had the requisite “conversation pit’ of the time. >>>>> He had a Pioneer quad system professionally installed around the “pit”. >>>>> >>>>> He lived close to school so we would often go over there at lunch and >>>>> listed to the few things that were released in quad, the one I can recall >>>>> was “Victim of Love” by the Eagles. >>>>> >>>>> It was a bit of a gimmick. Sounded cool, but I don’t think it was >>>>> practical. >>>>> >>>>> On a related note, I saw a quadrophonic Pioneer receiver on FBM today, >>>>> the one that had the “oscilloscope” display to “tune” the system. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/640855280582333/ >>>>> >>>>> -D >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:07 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A buddy in my dorm had some money I think in a trust after his dad died, >>>>>> and he was in the Natural Guard too so made some $$ from that. He was >>>>>> always upgrading his hifi system. >>>>>> >>>>>> Quadrophonic came out and he bought a system. Some huge receiver putting >>>>>> out a couple hundred watts, a quad turntable, and 4 Heil Air Motion >>>>>> Transformer speakers which were pretty huge. All this in like a 10x12 >>>>>> dorm room. >>>>>> >>>>>> The speakers were truncated pyramids with the woofer in the bottom then >>>>>> this vertical omnidirectional speaker in the top. >>>>>> >>>>>> It was “surround” sound at the time and certain albums were remastered >>>>>> for the four channel aspect. It sounded really cool but after awhile was >>>>>> kinda tedious. The room was too small to really get the full effect but >>>>>> he got married and moved into a campus apartment that had a larger >>>>>> living room and it was marginally better. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think the fad passed but he hung onto the system for quite some time. >>>>>> There were never too many quad recordings but it played stereo quite >>>>>> well and there was some “simulate” setting. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
