I know, not even mid-fi but still an entertaining read 
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/columns/low-end-theory-147048.php
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/columns/low-end-theory-147048.php
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The history of Yorx!
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Hmmm; Yorx and "hi end" in the same sentence. Just when you think you've heard it all. Surprise surprise.
Manitoulin
A proud member of AK
Bogframe said:
Is that a good or a bad thing?
Earlsays
Well-Known Member
HAHAHA interesting.
My first "stereo system" was a Yorx. I was 8 years old, it was the very very very early 90s (like 91 or so) I have no idea what the model # was or anything....it was a total piece of junk, but I loved it (at 8 years old, I was just damn excited to have my own setup) and hey, it lasted four years before it gernaded itself! I always wondered what the deal was though....my parents bought it for me, new, for xmas....it came out of a box for a sony or some other brand (they told me it was the display model & the box & manual where gone, becuase hey, I asked!) The only real highlight to this system was the overall design (the way it looked) it had an am/fm tuner, dual cassette deck, a turntable, two speakers (and only two speakers) The speakers connected via RCA jacks....oh, and the back was MDF with little round pegboard ventholes....just like the REALLY old stuff....but the rest of the system was made of plastic. Let me describe what it looked like....
The am/fm tuner used a string dial type setup...it was located on the bottom of the unit....centered....to the left, there was three controls...volume, probably balance & bass or something...to the right, there was the tuning control....on top of that was the dual cassette deck, on top of that was the turntable....it was utter garbage, but neat looking....like I said, never seen another like it....wish I hadn't thrown it out when it broke....NOT!
My first "stereo system" was a Yorx. I was 8 years old, it was the very very very early 90s (like 91 or so) I have no idea what the model # was or anything....it was a total piece of junk, but I loved it (at 8 years old, I was just damn excited to have my own setup) and hey, it lasted four years before it gernaded itself! I always wondered what the deal was though....my parents bought it for me, new, for xmas....it came out of a box for a sony or some other brand (they told me it was the display model & the box & manual where gone, becuase hey, I asked!) The only real highlight to this system was the overall design (the way it looked) it had an am/fm tuner, dual cassette deck, a turntable, two speakers (and only two speakers) The speakers connected via RCA jacks....oh, and the back was MDF with little round pegboard ventholes....just like the REALLY old stuff....but the rest of the system was made of plastic. Let me describe what it looked like....
The am/fm tuner used a string dial type setup...it was located on the bottom of the unit....centered....to the left, there was three controls...volume, probably balance & bass or something...to the right, there was the tuning control....on top of that was the dual cassette deck, on top of that was the turntable....it was utter garbage, but neat looking....like I said, never seen another like it....wish I hadn't thrown it out when it broke....NOT!
yrly
Breaking records is good?
I'm the proud owner of the pinnacle of Yorx development in stereo technology... If you haven't seen this over in the gallery go take a look at the mighty M2402
http://www.audiokarma.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1506&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=500
Approx. 25wpc (guessed from the output STKs used), full logic cassette deck with dolby, you can even select the type of tape bias. VU meters, buttons buttons and more buttons.
http://www.audiokarma.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1506&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=500
Approx. 25wpc (guessed from the output STKs used), full logic cassette deck with dolby, you can even select the type of tape bias. VU meters, buttons buttons and more buttons.
sump pump
Active Member
yrly said:I'm the proud owner of the pinnacle of Yorx development in stereo technology... If you haven't seen this over in the gallery go take a look at the mighty M2402
http://www.audiokarma.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1506&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=500
Approx. 25wpc (guessed from the output STKs used), full logic cassette deck with dolby, you can even select the type of tape bias. VU meters, buttons buttons and more buttons.
Classic
dew042
Honky Tonk Hero
Funny, but the end of the is best:
"Maybe that the line between being a laudable innovator and a run-of-the-mill low-ender is a lot finer than you might think, and that a few business missteps along the way can doom your brand......Or maybe the lesson is, Don’t give your brand a name that sounds like something from a friggin’ Simpsons episode."
Very entertaining commentary.
dew.
"Maybe that the line between being a laudable innovator and a run-of-the-mill low-ender is a lot finer than you might think, and that a few business missteps along the way can doom your brand......Or maybe the lesson is, Don’t give your brand a name that sounds like something from a friggin’ Simpsons episode."
Very entertaining commentary.
dew.
dew042
Honky Tonk Hero
yrly said:I'm the proud owner of the pinnacle of Yorx development in stereo technology... If you haven't seen this over in the gallery go take a look at the mighty M2402
http://www.audiokarma.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1506&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=500
Approx. 25wpc (guessed from the output STKs used), full logic cassette deck with dolby, you can even select the type of tape bias. VU meters, buttons buttons and more buttons.
THAT is the hotness.
dew.
