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What is art?(hexbear.net)

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For me its a Mitsubishi DA-A7DC Stereo Power Amplifier.

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EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netM
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Nope not allowed, only Braun and Apple products may join the Eames chair in the venerable halls of the industrial arts collection at MoMA.

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FourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Stuff made by people for aesthetic purposes beyond pure practicality

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CoolYori [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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What if I told you this was from an era with self repair in mind and that the products themselves were built like brick shithouses?

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HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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May I point you at the roughly contemporary JVC JR-S600 receiver? It manages to be ancient and yet postmodern.

https://www.hifiengine.com/images/model/jvc_jr-s600.jpg

(Not mine, I have the smaller 300 with a few less buttons and lights)

I love old audio gear for its build quality, repairsbility, and the bold aesthetics of the era. It wasn’t a featureless plastic box designed to be hidden in a cabinet and interacted with through an app.

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