[NJARC] Bluetooth Atwater Kent speaker

[Alex Magoun]

Joe,

Thanks for the insight on the speaker's sound quality.  During research for
my dissertation I found that the earliest reference to "high fidelity"  was
in 1930.  At the time it was an aspiration, not an accomplishment.  RCA
began promoting "high fidelity" sound for consumers in 1938, I think,
though members can correct me, after Harry Olson and the Camden acoustics
lab made some significant improvements on RCA Victor's high-end consumer
amplifiers and speakers.  Of course that wasn't as good as the high
fidelity sound systems assembled by audiophiles starting in 1947, and one
could easily argue that the aspiration of "high fidelity" continues apace
today.

Alex

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