Does Anyone Miss When Audio Was More Conservative?

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17 hours ago, Digi&Analog Fan said:

  Speakers for instance. Back in the late 1970's you could buy a really nice sounding set of bookshelf speakers for around $100 a pair/../Nowadays a larger speaker with near full range bass is a hell of a lot more than an extra $100.

Yes, but if you take inflation into account you can definitely get "larger" speakers for an additional 100 1970 dollars today. The $100 price increase is equivalent to a $700 increase in 2020 currency, and a lot of serious brands that offer a $700 bookshelf speaker most likely has a $1400 tower speaker.