Vintage Stereo Commercials And More

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Vintage Stereo Commercials And More

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punktexas

11 жыл бұрын

A compilation of vintage commercials found on KZfaq.

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@meropealcyone 2 жыл бұрын

I hate how I keep getting interrupted by a bunch of commercials when I'm enjoying watching a bunch of commercials.

@ChuckSannel 8 ай бұрын

These are GOOD commercials though... The new ones stink.

@karinanur7844 6 ай бұрын

магазин аудио стерео тв и игровых приставок - для своего времени это было нечто , можно представить счастье людей тех лет , и до чего мы сегодня докатились , прощай мой мир , прощай моя вечность , прощай !!!!!

@punktexas 11 жыл бұрын

I remember when there used to be stores (brick and mortar) that only sold stereos. Those were the days.

@jimcarlson6157 4 жыл бұрын

there still are, but the gear is pricey

@tonymctony4551 4 жыл бұрын

The sound idea on Fredericksburg rd

@brianchisnell1548 4 жыл бұрын

D O W Dow! Dow stereo in San Diego. 'Still have my 1979 Pioneer rig. Store is long gone.

@DeadKoby 4 жыл бұрын

Although the still exist, but nice stereos at decent prices are history... It's either JUNK, or crazy high end.

@qua7771 4 жыл бұрын

@@DeadKoby Yeah right. My new Marantz receiver isn't built anything like the old ones. Their $5,000 and up components are. I can't complain about the sound quality though.

@BioCYTE1 11 жыл бұрын

It's heartwarming to know I'm not the only one that sits here watching these things in the wee hours of the morning in a leisure suit. Great post! - Lj

@donhosmer8159 5 ай бұрын

2024 66 years old Still listening to the Pioneer receiver my father purchased in the early 70's

@musicgroovin 9 жыл бұрын

I love it when people post these commercials on KZfaq. Good job. Bringing back electronic memories. And too many hours spent in front of my parents TV.

@Fersomling 9 жыл бұрын

+Steven Harp Here's an old commercial you may remember, and it's right here on KZfaq: Punch in: Chef Boyardee Bells Ring a Medly 1986. Enjoy!

@GlAcKeNbUrGeN 8 жыл бұрын

A fucking stereo sofa? A STEREO SOFA. I WANT A STEREO SOFA

@Watcher3223 8 жыл бұрын

+GlAcKeNbUrGeN No, you don't. If you're napping on it, there's always some jerkoff who will wake you up by turning the volume up on your stereo sofa and playing the sounds of army artillery...

@nenchiyakushevdevoselichdo9757 8 жыл бұрын

+GlAcKeNbUrGeN does it has a beer holder ?

@sirmugman 8 жыл бұрын

+GlAcKeNbUrGeN ITS THE COOLEST THING EVER! okay it might be hard to replace the belts on the tape and 8 track but its a freegin cool thing okay its a fire harzard but who cares ITS A STEREO SOFA!!!!

@ronwilliams717 6 жыл бұрын

My friend had that stereo bar. It had the disco lights. I remember that very well.As ghetto as they were they probably got this deal. They might of has that TV too.

@RUfromthe40s 2 жыл бұрын

this with low-fi woman with very limited volume(in sound) was perfect, i remenber that was fashion to buy a bed with a stereo system on it and shelf´s to put books and cassettes ,a king size one

@MrTopsoil911 9 жыл бұрын

Old audio equip. Is way more superior than todays crap. The clarity is better and more reliable.

@Watcher4111 4 жыл бұрын

Its reliability of made in japan gear

@MMID303 7 жыл бұрын

Nice! I got a Pioneer direct drive turntable, Pioneer CD cd player, and Sansui 661 receiver. The 70s and into the mid 80s was the golden age of stereo.

@Watcher4111 4 жыл бұрын

True. I have Pioneer elite separates from 80s. Still in original condition on japanese parts

@southwestxnorthwest 4 жыл бұрын

I pay for KZfaq premium to eliminate ads, yet here I am watching commercials on KZfaq

@bosco2023 4 ай бұрын

It’s 2024 3 years later and I haven’t paid AOC you liberal garbage . Your an rectum

@brewcrew5854 4 жыл бұрын

oh the vintage receivers and that illumination the roller bearing and rubber bands at the tuner dial ! so cool . i always dreamed of that fisher component system behind the glass door ! saw one not long ago on curb side bulk pick up . some one cut all the cords for copper . i still grabbed it and am rewiring

@NathanThePrezPretlow 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the Stereo warehouse back in the 70s.Some these commercials bring back memories 50 years from now today's digital technology will be showing just like this.

@New-tu3mn 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, for that childhood TV memory blast from the past!

@socksumi Жыл бұрын

I'm 64 and don't recall any of these Stereo TV ads back then where I lived in Canada except for Radio Shack which advertised heavily.

@anonymoushuman8344 4 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten that Burgess Meredith used to narrate commercials. I didn't know his name back then, but I knew his distinctive voice and face.

@2574mcu 4 жыл бұрын

My sister had a take n tape cassette player, I forgot all about that. Late 70s early 80s was a great time for home audio. I miss those days.

@jondubb35 4 жыл бұрын

I think I still owe Columbia House... 😂

@RJ-luci 4 жыл бұрын

Jon's Record Rack I still have nightmares of not returning the “do not ship this months selection” card.

@plcc07777 4 жыл бұрын

Me too !!!

@steelydanfan100 4 жыл бұрын

Jon, Columbia House is still looking for you . Keep living out of your van ....👀😳

@jamesy5607 4 жыл бұрын

Dam what a memory - that 12 records for a buck opening offer was enticing - I had several aliases 😀. Your comment made me bust out loud laughing

@cardtrix1970 4 жыл бұрын

Too...funny! Me...too!

@rickhunt3183 4 жыл бұрын

Those vintage stereos were well built. Especially the High end pioneers like the SX1980. I guess I should have had it repaired instead of throwing it away in the 80's. I ran it wide open most of the time.

@ManInTheBigHat 7 жыл бұрын

That first ad for Pioneer is Burgess Meredith. The Penguin. That guy really got around.

@evhvariac2 4 жыл бұрын

ManInTheBigHat what does this mean? He got around

@Buisness1 4 жыл бұрын

WOW! That Korvettes commercial REALLY took me back a ways. You can't GEt good stuff that lasted from your teens til your CHILDREN'S teens anymore hahahah! The time when we were young and never thought of getting old (smile). great sound, GREAT food, before they told it it wasn't good for us anymore hahhha.

@wingmanalive 5 жыл бұрын

You know tech has come a long way since then. It's smaller, faster, does more and fits in your hand. BUT, There's nothing like the feel and sound of a quality stereo with big speakers in your house. Tall speakers with 12" woofers, equalizers with dancing lights, tape decks, ect. I miss the old times. You can't rattle the house with your music with a smart phone!

@jimmiesmith5811 4 жыл бұрын

yeah those were the days

@NickyNicest 3 жыл бұрын

people just don’t prioritize them like they used to when they have a speaker everywhere they go. Stereos sound even better today

@daveidmarx8296 11 ай бұрын

I still have a stereo system (7.1 actually) with huge front speakers. It sounds amazing.

@toneyisaiah408 4 жыл бұрын

The way stereo equipment used to be on top of the world.

@DeckardCain1986 7 жыл бұрын

I need to enter a time machine and go back to 70s so I could buy all the best stereos

@macdonelldouglas 6 жыл бұрын

U are right my friend, let's build a time machine together.

@timcoker4685 6 жыл бұрын

Take a lot of money with you. Electronics were very expensive back then!!

@Kehila_ahrizona_YT 5 жыл бұрын

If you do,go to korvettes

@rennrodriguez8909 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Now I'm a Multimillionaire. Time Machine.

@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 4 жыл бұрын

@@brianchisnell1548 I have some reel to reel tapes that were recorded directly off Chicago FM radio. One from 1980 has several Pacific Stereo ads with their old jingle. So it must have been a national chain store?

@michaelwerbick 4 жыл бұрын

I remember my first CD player. $300 single disc no remote and CDs were $20...

@jimbarrofficial 4 жыл бұрын

Burgess Meredith narrating the first commercial. Awesome.

@brentmann2988 2 жыл бұрын

17:43 This Pacific Stereo jingle was a classic! Terry McGovern provides the voice-over. 10:39 Ed Grover was a great voice-over talent... and here he is for the Apple IIc.

@mrbizzarro 11 жыл бұрын

A Stereo SOFA!!!! SWEET!

@Nektar1014 10 жыл бұрын

Wow! Reminds me of how much back then we were more focused on the sound of our music than the sound of our tv's. Still gotta love the sound of LP's!

@Nektar1014 9 жыл бұрын

goatstaog I agree! Music is a bigger part of my life as well :)

@Watcher4111 4 жыл бұрын

I still focused on sound of my music and hi-fi. I even dont have big screeny TV lol

@jogmas12 4 жыл бұрын

Home theatre systems rule for most people but for music lovers like myself I only listen to music via a dedicated “just audio” hi fi system

@Yooyangs 4 жыл бұрын

I had a pioneer SX-780 back in the day

@Vinyltar 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this, this is awesome!!!!

@bulchit48 11 жыл бұрын

Great Commercials, back in the day when i would lust after all that equipment and couldn't afford nothing because I didn't make any money. Now i Have the money and the new equipment today sucks.

@gideonkloosterman 4 жыл бұрын

If you think the equipment today sucks, you're looking in the wrong places.

@edstephens8955 4 жыл бұрын

@@gideonkloosterman how much is that great equipment of today ?

@gideonkloosterman 4 жыл бұрын

@@edstephens8955 Mine was €1000 5 years ago. It's a very nicely built 2x120W class A/B amplifier. Sounds expensive, but adjusted for inflation it'd be $160 in 1970. The amp I have and am comparing is a Block V120 made in Germany.

@ArmpitStudios 10 жыл бұрын

My parents had that Sanyo compact stereo at 31:27, which I put through hours of use, listening and recording. It was a great unit, and ran speakers all over the house (kitchen, bathroom, outside, etc). It last for years until they wanted to finally get a CD player.

@user-dq5xx9hi4q 6 ай бұрын

In town we had Pacific Stereo, Cal Stereo, Stereo West, Stereo Habitat, Systems Warehouse plus stereo departments (some with soundproof listening rooms) at Sears, JC Penneys, Alco TV & Stereo, Liberty House, Best Products, Federated and Gemco. Within a short driving distance were The Soundworks, Layfette Stereo, Quement Electronics, Good Guys and many more. Fun days!

@claudiosalvatore754 9 жыл бұрын

still own the pioneer 710 tuner @20.00m still works after 35 years! needs a little recap though...

@adeh503 6 жыл бұрын

Please I'd like to go back in time with a very large wad of cash 😂😂

@chuckmcilvaine8324 5 жыл бұрын

When I was in high school in the seventies, everybody wanted a Marantz receiver stereo system.

@jondubb35 4 жыл бұрын

Who would of thought in 2020, that people still want a 1970s Marantz Receiver Stereo System.

@1ring2rule3pigs 4 жыл бұрын

23:06. "Hey, hey, heyyy!"

@afistfulofpimples1745 4 жыл бұрын

I was in high school in the 40's.

@carstenvang9193 4 жыл бұрын

We still do.

@ArcadeDude44 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing these awesome ads!

@mrhoffame 11 жыл бұрын

OMG I never get tired of watching, laughing, and drooling at this video lol. The kid at 14:25 just makes me break down laughing every single time lol

@hifijohn 6 жыл бұрын

yes there was a time when there was a hifi store everywhere.

@htwoos28 11 жыл бұрын

I love this collection......Ahhhhh, the good ol' days..... thanks!

@cbennet1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Spent many an hour walking through the local Federated drooling on stuff I couldn’t afford. Bought my first ever receiver and speakers at Pacific Stereo. Lived walking distance from the HQ for Marantz and the original MFSL. Thanks for the memories!

@johnnyevans4728 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping federated commercial would be here, God how I miss that store, spent a lot of my childhood hood shopping stereo equipment there!!!

@danielknepper6884 6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah I loved Federated

@Giondenver 9 жыл бұрын

I had to watch this ... What I found funny is the Columbia house order forms ... Lol ... I used 2 different name to get double the albums as a kid ... Then I used another ... And I got them !!! Who did not rip off that company as a kid . I would never do it now but being a kid in the 70"s ???? Lol

@sarcasticallyrearranged 7 жыл бұрын

Am I one of the few that didn't rip off that deal?

@caturdaynite7217 7 жыл бұрын

I did that too. twice under two names. It felt so naughty. How did they every make money on this deal. Did anybody every actually buy anything? I never did. I still have an old Judas Priest (Sad wings of destiny, I believe) cassette from 1978. All the rest are lost in the mists of time.

@daniellaubach7544 4 жыл бұрын

RCA music service was the other one opposite of Columbia house music service. I was a member of RCA for about 4 years.

@dougg1075 4 жыл бұрын

Ah! Back when audio was important to people.

@onefatstratcat 4 жыл бұрын

I just got back into vinyl and even though you wouldn't call my rig audiophile quality I am enjoying music so much more now

@adamweston4152 4 жыл бұрын

Oh how I long to go straight back to that time, greatest era and all the adverts were brilliant.

@G-ra-ha-m 4 жыл бұрын

@@adamweston4152 The 70s were a real boom time for HiFi and a time of least inequality, even the CEO of IBM was nowhere near as greedy as Zuckerberg, Musk etc. It was the heyday of the middle class, a great time to be alive!

@jogmas12 4 жыл бұрын

Still is. Check out Schiit Audio’s web site

@jogmas12 4 жыл бұрын

......also with the merging of audio/video as in home theater systems, audio has taken a quiet back seat but for people like myself, I still have a separate just audio hi fi system made up of mostly modern components. So “just “ audio systems are certainly not dead.

@Paneeks1960 11 жыл бұрын

20:06 times have surely changed. Amazing. These are true gems. After seeing some of these makes me wonder if the iPad and iPod are going look archaic in the next fifty years? Thanks John, flashback central to simpler times~ Rob/Boston

@gideonkloosterman 4 жыл бұрын

They will, but that's alright.

@jerryjackman1657 4 ай бұрын

Dude,Totally enjoyed the commercials.But you threw me right off a cliff with the wal-mart commercial at the end.I live in Ft.Walton.

@Billytwotimes4 8 жыл бұрын

Had a smile on my face the whole time- thanks for the upload.

@phren13069 8 жыл бұрын

I wish I could find Stereo Super Store ads from the late '70s Portland Oregon. Used to work on Jantzen Beach in one. Oh what days those were!

@dr.jamesolack8504 3 жыл бұрын

@punktexas.....thanks for the flashback! thoroughly enjoyed the ride!

@christopherwilde5080 5 жыл бұрын

I still own a vintage Pioneer RT-909 Reel To Reel!!

@afistfulofpimples1745 4 жыл бұрын

I doubt it

@timhollis3390 4 жыл бұрын

Why do you doubt it?

@christopherwilde5080 4 жыл бұрын

Tapes for 4 track reel to reel are not easy to find these days.

@neillowy 4 жыл бұрын

I still have my JVC-RD1969. You can get blank 7" on Amazon and also EBay. Main reason why we liked using those open reel machines was for the Sound on Sound recording feature.

@cbennet1 4 жыл бұрын

Completing a refurb on one right now. I could never have afforded one back in the day.

@MickeyMishra 4 жыл бұрын

This was a real joy to watch. I really liked the Pioneer comercial at the end.

@handsomepackage7004 8 жыл бұрын

I used to like the old University Stereo Commercial from 1977, here in L.A

@toneyisaiah408 4 жыл бұрын

Classic commercials. I remember the Pioneer tv advertising from the 1980s.

@FedUpLurker 10 жыл бұрын

I have a very fulfilling and healthy fetish for 1970's Japanese mainstream audio classics. My Sony, Pioneer and TRIO amplifiers from that era are delicious mature babes with all the right knobs and dials that are ideal for fiddling with....

@Watcher4111 4 жыл бұрын

I have separates Pioneer components from 80. IT will outlive made in china crap

@saturnfirepaw 11 жыл бұрын

I love nostalgia.

@afistfulofpimples1745 4 жыл бұрын

It gets old fast.

@donaldgeorge6656 4 жыл бұрын

Sherwood, Advent, Garrard. Those were the days shopping at Federated

@ballroom23 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting that together. Love old commercials.

@gregargendeli2973 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked the pacific stereo ads so much you lifted them from my channel, complete with the editel headers.

@pippofan 4 ай бұрын

Love the Keep America Clean ad with Iron Eyes Cody, who's real name was Espera Oscar de Corti of Sicilian descent.

@joeygonzo 2 жыл бұрын

2:14, remember when phone numbers had no area code ? LOL The whole LA and OC was under one code

@k9yk 10 ай бұрын

The Pioneer ads with Burgess Meredith are the best!

@BlasterBryan1962 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks brings back TV memories

@jazzman1626 7 жыл бұрын

Half of my hifi is from the 1970s. Stuff I couldn't afford back then.

@Buisness1 4 жыл бұрын

Stuff we couldn't afford back in the 70s, that folks think as junk now.

@hifijohn 4 жыл бұрын

Same here, who could afford a $1000 receiver, decades later I was buying the same stuff for $20 at garage sales.I had so much stereo stuff my house looked like a stereo store.

@danjakobsson2425 4 жыл бұрын

The Good Old Days! Real HiFi. 😊

@jimmiesmith5811 4 жыл бұрын

@@danjakobsson2425 not this cheap phony fake ass plastic junk we got now

@Watcher4111 3 жыл бұрын

Only made in Japan. No China crap

@train5974 4 жыл бұрын

Bought my Realistic STA 2100 Reciever over 40 years ago and it still plays nice. Never needed repair.

@mikerose4498 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice that the first ad (for Pioneer) is narrated by Burgess Meredith?

@ericjensen9091 7 жыл бұрын

I miss the seventies, of course I was just 13 in 1979.

@jazzman1626 7 жыл бұрын

Eric Jensen So do I, I was in my late teens to my twenties back then.

@jimmiesmith5811 4 жыл бұрын

I was 11 i miss those days going downtown in Chicago window shoping for ghetto blasters or going on 63 and halsted or 47 and Ashland or 14 and halsted the maxwell street area the good old days

@ArcadeDude44 6 жыл бұрын

What an awesome video! Thanks for taking me back!:)

@styldsteel1 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought a Marantz. Lighted blue background with a white tuner. Dual meters. There is nothing in the world like the sound of analog. And I will tell you. even today. The Marantz is no where near inexpensive.

@lukapopovik2174 Ай бұрын

I would've loved to be able to browse an electronics store in the 70s/80s

@nathanc6516 4 жыл бұрын

That moment when a KZfaq video of commercials is interrupted by a commercial, and you're just livid.

@carloalbertobirocco6264 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing commercial's compilation! Thanks for sharing!

@BioCYTE1 11 жыл бұрын

Mine too. Shhhh....watching this again while rifling through duplicate lp's. This is freakin' awesome!

@inbredagogo 9 жыл бұрын

If you call right now we'll include this stereo receiver toilet with built in phonograph commode tank.

@booteddestroyers5519 7 жыл бұрын

Those Must Be Rare. Never Seen A Couch Stereo Before.

@passqualecaiazza7728 8 ай бұрын

I want to go back in time, so I can enter the stereo shops.

@Foxstang4life 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and what a job gathering all that vintage footage ..NICE WORK!!!! BTW that first commercial was mickey from Rocky 1 2 3 .. Again nice job on the vid

@triumphlover7455 4 жыл бұрын

Time travel back to my childhood years. The forgotten memories buried in my subconscious relived through ads I don't remember, pretty cool. Cheers!

@eduardleon9636 5 жыл бұрын

Old school audio forever .

@punktexas 11 жыл бұрын

You busted me again Lj. This video is really about leisure suits. I remember my old man always wearing a baby blue leisure suit. OMG...lol.

@sirmugman 8 жыл бұрын

this is why you buy old vhs recordable tapes, so that you don't lose classic ads like these

@punktexas 11 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video 3 or 4 times and it keeps getting funnier.

@danpatterson8009 Жыл бұрын

I still have gear like that- plug my phone into AUX or TAPE PLAY and listen to the world.

@mrhoffame 11 жыл бұрын

OMG!! I was drooling the entire time!!!!!

@punktexas 11 жыл бұрын

The sofa was the shit !!

@pjo1964 4 жыл бұрын

All people have today is Alexa or Google Home or a Bluetooth Speaker. Gone is the teenagers bedroom with a stereo and big speakers and records tapes cds.

@TheMatsushitaMan 4 жыл бұрын

I've got small (6 inch woofers) speakers in my bedroom, complete with a Yamaha amp.

@FromMusicToMusic530 6 жыл бұрын

Ty for sharing..I love it !

@jimbarrofficial 4 жыл бұрын

4:13. Barry Manilow? They ought to pay YOU to take that album.

@timhollis3390 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a teenager if you said you liked Barry Manilow you got your ass kicked!

@punktexas 11 жыл бұрын

True. I still dig the vintage gear.

@tomt6726 4 жыл бұрын

the 1980's was the best time's and I sure do miss it....and now I'm a old man Lol

@lindaeasley4336 4 жыл бұрын

I want to go back to the 1980s and buy me a huge boom box 😎 Columbia House music club .Oh yes , I remember .By the late 1980s it was a CD club. Used to buy ALOT of cds from them

@johnanderson3853 4 жыл бұрын

Columbia House. Yup. 12 "free" LPs to start or whatever the number. But what a rip-off. Forget to send the postcard back in time each month, and get stuck with some crappy LP for twice or three times the local price. Total scam.

@pumapunkudevelopment3376 2 ай бұрын

22:05 I have that exact equalizer and its equalizing the sound coming out of my tv right now. Made in JAPAN. We will never see electronics made with such quality. Ever.

@Peter-pv8xx 4 жыл бұрын

My first job after graduating HS in 1977 was selling stereos and cameras in a dept store called Sterns.

@jeffsvinylscene 11 жыл бұрын

felt like i took a trip in a time machine...nice!

@Rams_hobby Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nice advertisement video of audio systems Love from india 🙏

@JoeyM1991 3 жыл бұрын

I want that fireplace & that sofa with built in receiver....

@rogerwillams2814 5 жыл бұрын

the sound chamber had the hookup toy center for me lol !

@ivansbacon 4 ай бұрын

Burgess Meredith. . I wish there where still stereo stores. I joined the Columbia tape club and i bought at Kmart. Pop Rocks was a very disconcerting sensation. But wait, there's more, if you act now - - - - PONG.

@MrDoneboy 4 жыл бұрын

In Houston, we had Hank Williams Stereos and TVs in the early 70's, then, The Stereo Warehouse, in the early 80's

@steelydanfan100 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget CMC Stereo , close to the corner of I-10 and what is now Beltway 8 in Houston. I bought my Marantz 2275 stereo receiver there in 1977 for the princely sum of $325. I still have that receiver , built like a brick outhouse. Ahh, the memories. The owner’s manual is a parchment paper bound book that will last as long as the receiver. The cool blue lighting and that horizontal flywheel FM tuning feature...

@MrDoneboy 4 жыл бұрын

@@steelydanfan100 And All Star Audio, was just around the corner from CMC.