Record cleaning

[m. zillch]

I think I also finally figured out what most young people mean by an amp/dac with a "warm" sound. It is short for "gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling". This explains how products with a dead flat frequency response they can still break down into categories they deem "warm" and "not warm".

 

[Squishman]

You are correct about the ultrasonic remotes. My parents purchased a home from a friend and the house had a black and white Zenith TV in the basement. He had removed the TV from its cabinet and cut a hole in the wall so that the TV was mounted flush in-wall. There was a 60 gallon aquarium installed above the TV, also custom fitted flush in the wall. No danger there. The TV used one of those ultrasonic remotes for channel and volume. We got a real kick out of it as kids. Pretty sure that old TV still worked when they sold the place.

I remember the mechanical remotes. Where it had an interior hammer that hit different chimes depending on which button you pressed. You had to press a button rather deliberately to get a proper chime. I cannot recall how many buttons. Maybe 2 or 4 maximum.

 

[Eppie]

I remember the mechanical remotes. Where it had an interior hammer that hit different chimes depending on which button you pressed. You had to press a button rather deliberately to get a proper chime. I cannot recall how many buttons. Maybe 2 or 4 maximum.

Yes, you had to press pretty hard to trigger the hammer. It required a separate button and tuned rod for each function, so 4 buttons for volume up/down and channel up/down.