---
title: "Perfection From the 90s"
categories:
- blog
abstract: just an old stereo?
year: 2023
date: 2023-01-22T09:05:17+01:00
draft: false
tags:
- audio
- Dual
- remote-control
- industrial-design
- creativity
---
Yes, the audio industry still does crazy design. Just look at Marantz! Dual, however, perfected the game back in the 90s. The MN 8010 was held back by technology, but the designers were brave enough to achieve greatness. Remember when "bravery" didn't mean removing the headphone jack? 

> Wow. surprised to see this pop up. I designed this interface back in 1994 while at frogdesign. It's a handmade interface, written in machine code, running on a moto 6508 with 128kb ram- totally custom hardware and software build. Everything is custom drawn, even the fonts, as 4 bit art. And it supports a bunch of different languages. I 

> (Mark Rolston commenting on the video)        

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