[stuarth]

I always thought the older, bulkier 1960's plastic cased models sounded better than the slimline (but much more stylish) 1970's models. The older sets also had separate treble and bass controls.

In particular, I liked the late 60's Beolit 700 - I thought it sounded better then its more expensive, wooden cased sibling the Beolit 800.

Maybe the soft plastic cases were more acoustically "dead" and less prone to resonances.

Stuart