Pivotal years in the history of hi-fi are often only fully appreciated with the benefit of hindsight, not least because we have witnessed so many technological false dawns over the years. Two years before the Orwellian prophecy of a totalitarian state, however, the collective might of Sony and Philips was brought to bear on a revolution that would change the way we listened, if not 'consumed' audio for the coming decades.
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