The Bolex System - Text 4
Synchronism
At Paillard, another world of amateurs emerged, full of expression, values and techniques – that of machines for sound: phonographs, gramophones, radios, receivers, etc. As in the “cinema” branch, engineering excellence and zealous craftsmanship were the warranty of both the equipment’s internal functioning (dependability, solidity) and its outer appearance (fine materials, the care put into the finish, the beauty of its “lines”). In this world also amateurs were omnipresent, appearing there first in the form of the “discophile,” the recorded music buff, and then in the form of “wireless” operators, taking pleasure in “constructing their own set” or “in that sport which consists in capturing the greatest number of a variety of broadcasts.”[4]
