# Was there a High-End Stereo Mfg. Called "Sequira"? (1970s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546 "2015-10-04T21:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546/1 "2015-10-04T21:00:45Z")
I recall reading a review of a Sequira receiver-it had an oscilloscope display on the front panel-what it displayed I forget. As I recall, it was a small firm, probably did not survive for long. A search of eBay found none-does anybody remember the make? were the receivers anything special? ---
**Author:** ![1Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/6de8d8/32.png) [@1Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1Bob)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546/2 "2015-10-05T00:06:38Z")
[http://www.sequerra.com/](http://www.sequerra.com/) :)🙂 Spelling! ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546/3 "2015-10-05T00:42:46Z")
I was a teen in the 70’s, and normally wouldn’t have any recollection of an obscure brand of hi-fi from that era, but if it was a quadraphonic receiver from the early/mid 70’s, then the scope might have been a feature was occasionally found on the more expensive gear, as a sort of visual feedback on the 4 channel balance adjustment. Here’s a Marantz 4400 on eBay with such a scope tube. Cute, huh? [http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARANTZ-4400-AM-FM-GREEN-SCOPE-QUAD-RECEIVER-WC-43-CABINET-SQA-1-FULLY-RESTORED-/281790782530?hash=item419c0a1c42](http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARANTZ-4400-AM-FM-GREEN-SCOPE-QUAD-RECEIVER-WC-43-CABINET-SQA-1-FULLY-RESTORED-/281790782530?hash=item419c0a1c42) S’anyway, as an exercise in sharpening my google-fu, I decided to poke around the web to see if I could find the elusive “Sequira” receiver, and learned that a brand with a similar name did in fact exist in the '70’s, then known as Sequerra, presumably the same people who made Dick Sequerra loudspeakers. Here’s a Sequerra tuner on eBay, and whattayaknow, it has a mini scope for a signal strength meter: [http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-SEQUERRA-MODEL-1-FM-TUNER-mint-works-perfect-inc-all-original-doucoments-/171950618324?hash=item28090e36d4](http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-SEQUERRA-MODEL-1-FM-TUNER-mint-works-perfect-inc-all-original-doucoments-/171950618324?hash=item28090e36d4) Now this may have been a fine tuner in its day, but the state of the art of FM radio has come a long way since 1979, and frankly, you can do much better much more cheaply. Edit: well, ninja’d, of course, while searching, but the other points hold up, I s’pose. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546/4 "2015-10-05T13:08:12Z")
Thanks for the info-I was an old time stereo geek. amazing that today’s audiophiles are satisfied with compressed audio files and micro speakers. how times have changed. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546/5 "2015-10-05T13:11:21Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > Here’s a Marantz 4400 on eBay with such a scope tube. Cute, huh? Heh. My college roommate had one of those. Spent many stony hours contemplating the green glow of Pink Floyd.