Mad Magazine's Guide to Hi-Fi (from 1958!)

Here's an article from an ancient Mad Magazine (January 1958) that seems to be aimed at quite a few of the hardcore audiophiles that frequent these boards! (I was reminded of the article after going through a couple of the threads around here... (English is my native language, but some of the stuff discussed in this forum makes me go !!!)

I thought everyone really into audio equipment might enjoy the article too, so here it is. (Click on the links to see it full-sized.)

Cover and page 1:
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Pages 2 and 3:
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Pages 4 and 5:
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I see now where some manufacturer's get their ideas...

 

That was great fun, thanks for posting!

 

heh - I remember that from the MAD books that I read in the 70s... part of my offbeat humor certainly comes from those years!

 

This is really awesome, thanks!

 

Great post - thanks for sharing.
I was also hooked on MAD back in the 70's

 

Hilarious! Thanks for the post!
I had always been a great fan of Mad magazine. Is it still around?

 

Wow, I did not notice that these are from 1958...some things never change!

 

The reviews on page 39 are hilarious.

 

Quoted for truth:

 

I also loved to read Mad Magazine. Although, I didn't purchase my first issue of the magazine until 1960.

 

DUDe thanks for the full size scans I plan on printing out a poster of this article for my office. I have the perfect place on the inside of one of the doors to my music shelves. MOST COOL

 

Absolutely stellar. Thanks for posting this... really neat.

 

Excellent!

Thanks for the links.

 

Awesome post! Some things have not changed!

 

Great Stuff. Thanks for sharing.

 

I went to school with a guy that looked just like Alfred E. Newman, poor guy never got a break!

 

These are awesome! Thank you!

 

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.

 

Excellent... I also loved reading MAD during my teen years....

 

Very funny. Thanks for the post.

I especially loved those arty folds that were on the back cover page.

 

Was going to post this in one of the Beatles "format" threads but it fits better here ... from the July '72 Madvertising collection ...

 

Yes.

But it is nothing like it used to be. Many of the original artists and writers have either died or went on to other projects, and the quality of the magazine has suffered greatly as a result, IMO.

-Aaron

 

Love it, thks for posting.

 

Another bit of Madvertising music madness from the same Signet pocketbook collection.