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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007
Why U.S.A. quited S.W. and dind't made to much Hi.-Fi. radios?
I've seen a nice German made console for U.S.A. export. No Long Waves anyway.
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People who wanted hifi bought a hifi component system, people who wanted shortwave got a specialized short wave radio like a hallicrafters and people who wanted neither got a TV, which is what most US companies were focusing on. No longer was the USA a place where one had to be satisfied with a single Jack of all trades radio, or the space constraints faced by Europeans.
The luxury radio really is a compromise - it's not truly hifi, like a fisher or a even a dynaco, it's not a short wave radio like a hallicrafters or a transoceanic, and it's not portable either... If I had one I doubt I would use it much for the same reasons I wouldn't drive a fiat 500, it's a compromise I don't need to make.
To be honest I am more impressed by the alchemy performed by the likes of GE, who would engineer their way out of every possible extra cent - their value engineering was unreal, I can just imagine someone rubbing his hands together every time a screw or a reaistor was eliminated from a product, but still aomehow my musaphonic table radio manages to not only work but sound good!
I read a discussion about this in a 50s issue of radio & tv news.