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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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It's an extension speaker volume control and cable. Back when most home systems were monaural, you could add an extension speaker in another room; with stereo, add 2, and control the volume coming from it/them.
Exactly…It’s a passive wired volume control or pot. I had a dual one so I could turn my stereo audio system up and down from my couch. If you had the main volume cranked and the “remote” volume turned down it would get warm. My friends were blown away!
They still sell similar passive volume controls.
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How does that ^ fit in this?
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They're more prevalent than ever these days. Search youtube for "Tesla coil music," and odds are, one of your favorite songs has been covered by one or more groups.
Some people run them in their back yards, which must be a huge hit with the neighbors.
(They are not quiet machines. At all.)
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I've never had one...please tell me they're not out of stock yet!As of today...
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Hie thee to thy nearest purveyor of frozen treats. You know how it is: An announcement like this sends people scrambling to horde whatever's left.
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Well we've all seen this before.
Marketing departments scheme to "dis-continue" a product and it gets elevated in the News making even more demand.
I'm not saying this is true but we'll see if there's not something brewing behind the scene.
Maybe a Mock-o Choco Taco with cheaper ingredients is in the works!
Remember the marketing geniuses at Coke!
Total Disclosure: I didn't read the article so I'm probably talking out of my...
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