Amazing how cheap electronics/stereos have become

[imported_admin]

Isn't it amazing how cheap electronics have become these days?

I went to Best Buy last night to pick up a new head unit for my bird since my top-of-the-line Alpine is now six years old and doesn't work; only plays a CD once every half hour and even then only if its in the mood. I had my sights set on a Pioneer, I think the model is DEH-4600, for $170 that plays mp3 CDs. Instead of getting that I ended up walking out with a Rockford Fosgate Punch series 300 watt 2-channel amp, two Rockford Stage 1 12" subs, and a Q-Logic sealed box. Price paid? $395 including tax. Less than what I paid for ONE of my old amps back in the day.

I had a serious stereo back in 98-02 but I eventually sold it... but that thing set me back $3,000. Today I can get almost the same thing for a tiny fraction of the cost. I mean, granted, what I got last night wasn't top-of-the-line by any means, but it is Rockford. And hell, for that price? Besides, today's cheapies are better than the top stuff was six years ago.

Very cool.

Computers are the same way... for $500 you can now get a darn nice system whereas it used to be at least two grand.

It is a good age we live in if you're an electronics buff. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Maybe I should look into a palm pilot too? Those have gotten darn cheap.

[95fbirdkid]

awsome, good deal. putting the subs in the bird? will the box fit?

[Mighty Thor]

Oh gosh yeah, I remember when I was a little Thor, the talks about CD players. Later, they marketed it to the general public, it was way expensive. They considered you rich if you owned one.

Then cell phones were like that too, now a minimum wage worker can afford it. Also back then, if you have a beeper, people would think you were a doctor or something.

[AlienInv8r]

he, I remember when my Dad carried a beeper for work. I always thought it was the coolest thing, and I didnt care what I did when I grew as long as I got to carry a cool beeper too, haha (I was like 5...)

[95Batmobile]

Originally posted by Mighty Thor:
Oh gosh yeah, I remember when I was a little Thor, the talks about CD players. Later, they marketed it to the general public, it was way expensive. They considered you rich if you owned one.

Then cell phones were like that too, now a minimum wage worker can afford it. Also back then, if you have a beeper, people would think you were a doctor or something.

The same thing happened in my youth too.
I didn't have a CD player in a car until 1997 :D
Of course my uncle works in electronics and he was building all this crazy stuff, but I didn't have a car or money for it all [img]tongue.gif[/img]

That is decent stuff you got Stefan, you ever want that amp to perform a little better I know a guy who modifies them ;) Makes them go boom boom much better

[hockeyman]

I remeber my mom having an 8 track in her '77 grand prix. State-of-the-art stuff at the time! We were the talk of the town.
I even remember getting my first cassette player for my 76 T/A. I paid $350 for it. Now it's on sale for a whopping $50.

[12secondv6]

[img]graemlins/bowdown.gif[/img] 8 tracks!

[andrew.brandon]

Originally posted by 12secondv6:
[img]graemlins/bowdown.gif[/img] 8 tracks!

[img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[95fbirdkid]

Originally posted by 12secondv6:
[img]graemlins/bowdown.gif[/img] 8 tracks!

you old man

[AaronG]

wow this thread makes me feel young, in 97 i couldnt even see over the wheel.

[Everglades W68]

I was in grade school in the early 70's when one day, my Dad brought home from work the coolest thing:

An electronic calculator from Texas Instruments, a TI-2500 "Datamath." It added, subtracted, multiplied and divided - all up to 8 digits! Best of all, it could be unplugged from the wall and carried around. It was almost small enough to fit in his pocket. It only weighed about a pound.

His employer had made the decision to equip their field employees with these new calculators. Each one cost $120 in 1973 dollars - about $520 in today's dollars.