Once upon a time, in a land called audio, there was a chain called Pacific Stereo. They began in Berkeley, CA and expanded into landlocked places like Illinois, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin and Missouri. Although Pacific was not on the East Coast, they were the largest hi-fi retailer in the nation with over 130 stores in the '70's and early '80's. We were owned by CBS. Can you say "lots of promo LP's from Columbia and Epic?" I knew you could! Several people on QQ were employees, myself included. Even more were customers. We had several proprietary or "house brand" lines, including: Quadraflex, Concept, Reference, Calibre, and TransAudio. We also had dozens of name brands. Thanks to Old Quad Guy for suggesting this thread. Does anyone have Pacific memories?
Late 70's/Early 80's logo & signage:
Concept 16.5 Receiver 165wRMS x 2:
1968 ad, when there were only 5 stores:
1971 ad:
Late 70's/Early 80's logo & signage:
Concept 16.5 Receiver 165wRMS x 2:
1968 ad, when there were only 5 stores:
1971 ad:
..now I don't have any memories of Pacific Stereo, being an Australian...and Pacific not having any stores here, but I am curious about your opinion Linda of the various house brand models Pacific. I've read that the "Concept" stuff was first class. I've seen some photo's of Quadraflex stuff....some of the receivers I've seen look MASSIVE :yikes ....but were they (..and the others) any good soundwise vs the regular Japanese competition...??
