[Hallicrafters] Old Radios

[Larry Young]

I agree with Howard KA6I0B. I have a son who is just 24. Charles is
brilliant and a Nuke on the USS Scranton. He and his two best friends are
also extremely smart: Shawn 24 and Saum 23 and all are very techno savvy,
but only on new hardware and technology, predominately computers and cell
phones. I have shown and operated for them my dad's SX-16 and the SX-28 I
bought, though impressed they are were not that impressed. "Cool, but too
big and too inconvenient." One of my favorite moments was following the
setup of my new turntable and playing ELO's "Eldorado: at a fair tilt
through my 16 year old Nakamichi AV-2 = Saum came into the house and says,
"that sounds awesome dude, what CD is that?" I replied it is not a CD and
Saum says "is that an FM station!?" And I reply no, it is an LP. Now I had
been questioned as to why I'd spend all that $ on old technology in a
turntable and why would I bother with the time consuming task of dealing
with LPs, and I explained It Is The Process, the trip getting there that
rewards the emotions, not the easy and fast. I don't know if that concept is
taught in school these days, but Nothing is worth anything if it is easy and
fast. Saum did admit the sound quality of an LP was obviously superior
compared to his iPod, but his final comment was: "too inconvenient." And
hence the disposable society wherein nothing is cool unless it is new. All
we can do is save the stuff until they awaken, if ever.

 

Larry Young

Ventura, CA