July 1963 Popular Electronics
 Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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Comics in modern magazines
are a rather rare phenomenon for some reason, but they were fairly regular features
up until a couple decades ago. Maybe publishers are too afraid of offending some
squish. This set of comics from the July 1963 edition of
Popular Electronics magazine deals with high fidelity (Hi-Fi) stereo equipment,
which was considered somewhat exotic and high-end for many people's budgets in the
day. Inexplicably (not), that is about the time that increases in hearing losses
among younger people were first being noticed in audiograms. I listened to my
share of loud music beginning in the late 1960s, and operated many model
airplane engines and lawnmower type engines my whole life, and still, at 65
years old, can hear a pin drop in the next room. I am blind as a bat, however
(~20/240, corrected to nearly 20/20).
A Few Winning Words on Hi-Fi
From Bob Tupper
I guess I started collecting records the day I first noticed
covers on some of the albums.
No thank you - I'm just listening around.
It's one of those Make-It-Yourself records from your mother.
Could it be a tube?
Posted December 18, 2020
(updated from original
post on 1/10/2013)
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
256 pages as of 4/18/2025.
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