High Fidelity Men - Part 3

Peter J. Walker - QUAD

Saül B. Marantz - marantz

Sidney Harman - harman kardon - Bernard Kardon

Willi Studer - REVOX / STUDER

Stefan Kudelski - NAGRA

Sidney N. SHURE

Continue reading: High Fidelity Men part 1, High Fidelity Men part 2, 1001 HiFi The Stereo museum

Unique 2-in-1 audio components

The most succesfull 2-in-1 separate audio component was probably the dual well cassette deck. The World's First High-Speed Dual recoding cassette deck was the ONKYO TA-W800 from 1981. Let's take a look at some audio components that used a different approach for the 2-in-1 concept.

A unique portable radio-cassette recorder with a "slide-in tape 2"

Music Air by SONY.

How about a combination between a reel to reel and a compact cassette machine. This is the unique BRG M 11 from Hungary (1970).

There was of course a 3-in-1 approach too. Reel to reel, compact cassette and 8 track recorder from AKAI X2000D

But what if you build a Dual Reel to Reel? 

This is the KORTING MT 3624 from...1964.

You can make vertical standing one too. Dokorder 8010A

Then there was the Bell RT-367

Before the compact cassette - CD combination unit there was also a compact cassette - microcassette combination - Technics M212

Talking about the CD. What if you make a CD player - turntable combination unit. FISHER DAC-9025

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ONKYO - 70th Anniversary / 1946 - 2016

Takeshi Godai estabilished ONKYO in april 1946 to manufacture dynamic speakers. The word "onkyo" means "sound acoustics" in Japanese. The first product however was not a loudspeaker but a cartridge pickup for record players.

ONKYO ED-100 a highly acclaimed 25 cm driver from 1948.

ONKYO CX-12, CX-10 and CX-8 coaxial-type speaker models released in 1956.

First plastic speaker cone in Japan 1956.

ONKYO stereoscopic concert showcasing a four-meter long Mammoth Horn - 1956.

ONKYO component style Hi-Fi System - 1958.

ONKYO at Japan Audio Fair 1959 featuring 256 16 cm coaxial speakers.

ONKYO E-83A 3 way speaker with 30 cm woofer -1967, forerunner to SCEPTER series.

ONKYO SCEPTER driver series debut - 1968.

ONKYO introduces the Integra Series - 1969

ONKYO Scepter120 4-way speaker with multiple terminals - 1970.

New ONKYO logo 1977.

ONKYO Scepter Speaker Sytem and handbook for 173 different combination - 1977

ONKYO P-309/M-509 "double super-servo" pre-power amplifier 1980.

ONKYO PX-100M Linear Motor turntable with a 10 kg machined pure-copperplatter. 1981

World's First High-Speed Dual recoding cassette deck ONKYO TA-W800 1981

ONKYO Grand Scepter GS-1 1984

ONKYO's biggest amplifier - Grand Integra M-510 1984

ONKYO High-Quality QUEST Series 1992

ONKYO INTEC275 mini size maxi sound 1994

Integra Research Ultimate Theater System 2000

ONKYO D-TK10 Takamine Guitar inspired loudspeakers 2005

ONKYO Reference Series 2010

ONKYO Pioneer Coporation estabilished 2015

ONKYO DP-X1 Hi-Res Digital Audio Player 2015

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