PortableMusic
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On reflection, looking at all these amps, one of the things I miss is the push-button input selector.
Just being able to select your next input without going through them all.
The last one I had like that was a Goodmans one-ten decades ago!
They did a modest wood cased one with silver fascia
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or the one I had, which I could not find a picture of, which was a white painted sleeve and black fascia decades before that became popular!
Back then buying locally made stuff rather than imported was the norm, probably in every country, so this probably won't be familiar to non-Brits.
@Frank Dernie:
love the way this Goodmans looks! even the way the front face plate wraps around the top, giving the illusion that it's a much thicker piece of metal that the face plate is made of, is so elegantly executed.
also the way the whole design has a scientific, slide ruler-esque vibe about it. from the tuner marker (what is that thing called anyway? the line indicating where you're tuned to?), to the 4 knobs for balance, bass, etc. very scientific!
the wood is also elegant in that it sits flush to the top edge of the wrapped-on-top face plate.
thanks for sharing. great design. if they pushed this design further several more steps, it would have been close to Dieter Rams-esque.