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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2767382, member: 301"]In the <b>1950s</b>, "hi-fi" became the popular term, replacing "phonograph" and "record player". Rather than playing a record "on the phonograph," people would play it "on the hi-fi". In the late <b>1950s</b> and early 1960s, Westrex invented the stereo record that used two speakers. This led to more improvements in home audio.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the 1930s, Avery Fisher, an amateur violinist, began experimenting with audio design and acoustics. He wanted to make a radio that would sound like he was listening to a live orchestra—that would achieve <b>high</b> fidelity to the original sound.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2767382, member: 301"]In the [B]1950s[/B], "hi-fi" became the popular term, replacing "phonograph" and "record player". Rather than playing a record "on the phonograph," people would play it "on the hi-fi". In the late [B]1950s[/B] and early 1960s, Westrex invented the stereo record that used two speakers. This led to more improvements in home audio. During the 1930s, Avery Fisher, an amateur violinist, began experimenting with audio design and acoustics. He wanted to make a radio that would sound like he was listening to a live orchestra—that would achieve [B]high[/B] fidelity to the original sound.[/QUOTE]
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