For those of us with long memories here’s a flashback. Remember when preamps sported rear-mounted AC receptacles to power the rest of the system?
The first memory I have of the rear-mounted AC receptacle was on my father’s McIntosh C28 preamplifier.
Note the use of switched and unswitched outlets. The idea was that unswitched outlets were for the power amp and switched outlets for tuners and tape decks.
What a grand idea. Run your entire stereo system including your power amplifier through a skinny 16-gauge 2-wire zip cord.
What was it Red Fox used to put his hands up towards the heavens and cry out?
“Elizabeth! They’re coming for me.”
Some innovations are better left in history’s dustbin.
