Word: stereos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events with amazing matter-of-factness, but ALF is no place to look for plausibility -- or charm. The outer-space visitor looks like an Ewok from the wrong side of the tracks and talks like Charlie the Tuna. In no time he is barging into the bathroom, hogging the stereo headset and cranking out ancient one-liners ("Do you get Sesame Street where you live?" "No, and frankly I don't get it here, either"). This is the show that NBC has chosen as the lead-in for Steven Spielberg's expensive Amazing Stories, which drew disappointing ratings last year...
...Quincy House suite of Phil E. Ross '88 is fairly typical. "There are eight of us, with two common rooms. We have two major stereo systems and about 15 walk men between us. I also have a jam box that I use in my room if I don't want to listen to what's playing in the common room," he says...
...terms of music in the suite, however, students who don't want to plunk down substantial amounts of cash for a stereo invest in a boom box rather than oversize speakers for a walkman. Discount Records, on John F. Kennedy St., sells 10 to 15 walkman speaker sets a week versus 20 boom boxes. And walkman speakers are becoming more popular, says Patrick S. Pezzati, the store's assistant manager...
When buying stereo equipment, most students tend to invest in one item at a time, says Peter W. Saltsman, a salesman at Tweeter, Etc. 102 Mt. Auburn St. However, Radio Shack, at 28 JFK St., does a healthy business in rack systems which include an amplifier, turntable, cassette deck, and speakers all stacked together in a cabinet for about...
...individual stereo components, compact disc players have grabbed a permanent share of the college market in the four years since they've been introduced. Tweeter, Etc. in Harvard Square sells three times as many compact disc players as turntables, shop managers...