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Old 25th Aug 2019, 4:27 am   #52
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Default Re: Oh for a time machine.

The one in that photo that sticks out is the white Murphy. The only telly there not pretending to be made out of a block of wood. It seems somehow more honest.

Who knows what current products will become desirable in the future? It isn't just the product's own nature that decides.

The Aston Martin DB5 became THE James Bond car. Earlier and later models don't now grab public attention like the DB5.

In terms of our sort of stuff, Kubrick put a Transcriptors turntable in 'Clockwork Orange' but that has nothing like the exposure of the Bond films.

Public interest seems to be a matter of looks. Internal workings are not visible. So what gets public interest?

Cuteness does, so I reckon the time traveller might want a Quad 33 and FM3

Scariness and nastyness does too. Madame Tussauds and museums with a torture chamber or 'black museum' section always say they are the chief draw where visitors linger longest. Maybe Mr Timetraveller would want a scary mercury arc rectifier, or an electric chair with a gruesome past?

If the valve audio trend lasts, absolutely ANYTHING with bottles in it would be hoovered-up. Probably by 2080 they'll have decided that the NOS EF80 is the best in low level stages, yes it has more noise and microphony than an EF86 (still in production in 2080's boutique craft factories) but it has granularity or something like that to die for.

Fashion is fickle, and unpredictable.

David
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