And early on RS was still carrying other bigger name brands so I got to do a lot of cross brand comparison until they cut out that and went strictly RS brand. And even that store only carried the typical mid fi stuff, no high end. So as a young kid to a teen(When I finally discovered mail order audio like Illinois Audio, Madisound and such after reading Stereo Review back in the day) I was at RS A LOT, always talking to the sales guys, looking at stuff, listening to everything they had for a span from about 1969 to 1979 when we finally got an audio store in the mall that was a 20 mile drive away. I grew up in an area where there was virtually NO other dedicated audio store, it was RS or nothing, unless you want to count the house brand trash in stores like Sears and such. What's the RS draw for me? I have a lot of other audio brands in my home, RS for me is first a nostalgia thing, as I suspect much of the desirable vintage equipment more or less often is. Frankly IMO that could sum up most vintage brands that are revered these days, I've seen and heard plenty of vintage Pioneer, Marantz and such that I wouldn't bother giving a second thought to. Was RS THE brand to go to to trust to always deliver the best sound and value? In retrospect for me certainly not, but that does not mean they didn't at times have their own branded equipment that not only sounded great but was fairly priced when purchased at their best haggled down prices, sales, bundles, and such. "Wonderful sounding vintage equipment", well again that is obviously a matter of taste, but again, I have some RS stuff and it sounds great, and I've heard a lot of equipment in the last 40 years. They also had some very good speakers and some good turntables, Lab/Miracord. Click to expand.Well visual is an opinion, I think RS made some great looking/sounding receivers for a time, I have 2 of them pictured in this thread.
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