The “marriage of audio and video” would come much later and over a period of many years gradually expand the capabilities of the receiver into what we know today as the A/V receiver, a super sophisticated control center that would have been unimaginable to a kid sitting in his room or college dorm listening to Dark Side of the Moon in 1973.Ī number of big-name brands dominated the scene - Pioneer, Kenwood, Fisher, Onkyo, Sansui to name a few and the likes of Marantz and Harman Kardon at the higher end of the scale. Simple by today’s standards, the receiver of 40 years ago combined two channels of solid-state power (Class AB amplifiers with outputs for additional speakers), a preamp section with switching for a turntable and tape deck or two, and an AM/FM tuner in an impressive looking component, often with wood (or faux wood) side panels and a gleaming silver or gold faceplate featuring a prominent tuner display and a row of knobs, switches, and buttons. At the heart of every “stereo” was an indispensable predecessor to the modern day AVR - the receiver. Mainstream audio came into its own in the 1960s-70s.
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