We were fooled by digital convenience, not knowing that we would later realize we gave up the holy grail of analog heaven for short sighted convenience.
I wonder what the point was of an expensive cassette player in 1985, the cd was superior to it the only reason why people still bought cassettes was because it was cheaper but that's not a concern for people who buy luxman
CD was very expensive until later on. Also most recording's we're more widely available. CD was a proprietary technology , so only Sony-Phillips could use it without permission i.e. huge cost for the manufacturer for the rights.
1985 i bought my first real stereo (marantz gold system) and used the tape deck to record records.. onto tdk sa90 tapes ... and played the tapes in my car.. so a good tape deck was vital!! BTW i still have the tapes and they still sound great!! ...
Welcome the inferior Luxman > 1984. Yes, the people at Alpine just had to get into the home audio business. They acquired Luxman, a Japanese company. The Luxman I knew and loved in the 1960's-1970's was gone. Oh yeah, this promo video is hillarious. I like how she had the system covered. "We can put this system in a fully furnished house". What does that mean? "Hi performance with a touch of luxury"..true if you bought Luxman from 1965 - 1982 prior to it being sold to Alpine. Some of Alpine's equipment was ok like their Alpage cassette decks. The Luxman CD players were ok but the general build quality and performance was superior with the original Luxman company. Integrated circuits (IC's) took over and became a way for audio manufacturers to reduce cost. They generate less heat than discrete power transistors so less cost for case design, size, heat sink sizes and material cost are all lower. This was not just with Luxman but most 1960's-70's manuf like Sansui, Marantz, Harman Kardon, Pioneer etc.. IC's really helped them drop the price point to the consumer and yes, overall quality suffers. I like how the woman in these video promo's for Luxman from 1985 all pretend to give a shite about audio.
I remember a lot of Luxman quality remaining high throughout the 80's however they also had a "junk line" of products that looked like crap, same with Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood.
Wrong information. Luxman and Alpine were both co-owned by the same bank. To save Luxman from financial troubles, the bank merged it with Alpine, to utilize Alpine's factory. Note: ALPINE DID NOT BUY LUXMAN. They were merged by the same bank. Luxman still produced some of the best electronics during this time. (R-117, 160 wpc) was considered the best receiver you can buy at the time. After some time, the Luxman "elders" seperated from ALpine and went back to producing high-end consumer electronics that continue to this day. This was from a gentleman that worked and knew the real history of Luxman, and he laughs and scoffs at those who tell the false story that Alpine BOUGHT Luxman.
@@picturedlife1I had an L117 amp it was an absolute beast, powerful without being aggressive like a good V8 BUT the Luxman LV107u was like a Bugatti Royale!
Who is this wally 1985 anybody that knows anything about cassette decks knows it’s not just about cheap tapes a top cassette deck would give a CD player a run for its money cds jump stutter sound bland.
let us pause in a moment of silence for all the amazing turntables that ended up in the dump once cd's came out
Cds are great but damn it's true. Also DACs sucked on even the best cd pkayers in the 80s.
all brands make commercials showing how cheap and good value they are, all luxman mentions about their pricing: 'how did you afford that'
Woah loving this....
We were fooled by digital convenience,
not knowing that we would later realize
we gave up the holy grail of analog heaven for short sighted convenience.
What a trip!
1980's and early 90s Japanese remotes all looked very similar.
5:14 "make music much more than just a series of sounds" - meanwhile an awful series of sounds blares in the background... I love synth really.
Still better than what today's mainstream considers "music"
I wonder what the point was of an expensive cassette player in 1985, the cd was superior to it the only reason why people still bought cassettes was because it was cheaper but that's not a concern for people who buy luxman
CD was very expensive until later on. Also most recording's we're more widely available. CD was a proprietary technology , so only Sony-Phillips could use it without permission i.e. huge cost for the manufacturer for the rights.
VCR players were like this too. My dad paid 1200$ in early 90's $ (2400$) for our off brand Sylvania.
The purpose was to make your own recordings, in my case from FM radio. No CD player could do that, though recordable ones came along eventually.
1985 i bought my first real stereo (marantz gold system) and used the tape deck to record records.. onto tdk sa90 tapes ... and played the tapes in my car..
so a good tape deck was vital!!
BTW i still have the tapes and they still sound great!! ...
cause many people prefer the softer warmer sound of analog tapes. You have to pay allot more to get equally good cd player.
I use to love audio but "Blaine Boring" sells it like trash compactors.. "you see first world people must have a LG trash compactor!"
Digitally synthesized? Oh no, the audiophools won't like that!
Welcome the inferior Luxman > 1984. Yes, the people at Alpine just had to get into the home audio business. They acquired Luxman, a Japanese company. The Luxman I knew and loved in the 1960's-1970's was gone. Oh yeah, this promo video is hillarious. I like how she had the system covered. "We can put this system in a fully furnished house". What does that mean? "Hi performance with a touch of luxury"..true if you bought Luxman from 1965 - 1982 prior to it being sold to Alpine.
Some of Alpine's equipment was ok like their Alpage cassette decks. The Luxman CD players were ok but the general build quality and performance was superior with the original Luxman company. Integrated circuits (IC's) took over and became a way for audio manufacturers to reduce cost. They generate less heat than discrete power transistors so less cost for case design, size, heat sink sizes and material cost are all lower. This was not just with Luxman but most 1960's-70's manuf like Sansui, Marantz, Harman Kardon, Pioneer etc.. IC's really helped them drop the price point to the consumer and yes, overall quality suffers. I like how the woman in these video promo's for Luxman from 1985 all pretend to give a shite about audio.
I remember a lot of Luxman quality remaining high throughout the 80's however they also had a "junk line" of products that looked like crap, same with Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood.
Wrong information. Luxman and Alpine were both co-owned by the same bank. To save Luxman from financial troubles, the bank merged it with Alpine, to utilize Alpine's factory. Note: ALPINE DID NOT BUY LUXMAN. They were merged by the same bank. Luxman still produced some of the best electronics during this time. (R-117, 160 wpc) was considered the best receiver you can buy at the time. After some time, the Luxman "elders" seperated from ALpine and went back to producing high-end consumer electronics that continue to this day. This was from a gentleman that worked and knew the real history of Luxman, and he laughs and scoffs at those who tell the false story that Alpine BOUGHT Luxman.
@@picturedlife1I had an L117 amp it was an absolute beast, powerful without being aggressive like a good V8 BUT the Luxman LV107u was like a Bugatti Royale!
Other than some music, 80s anything just grosses me out.
Why? This is cringe though I no will admit
Who is this wally 1985 anybody that knows anything about cassette decks knows it’s not just about cheap tapes a top cassette deck would give a CD player a run for its money cds jump stutter sound bland.
The last good Luxman along with K-03 was K-109.
You must be kidding, even if you spend 5000 dollar then on a deck, there was still the hiss, dolby or not, oh and spaggeti for free at times