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The saying is \u2018don\u2019t look back, look forward\u2019 but in this current day and age, there\u2019s a lot of peering over the shoulder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With 2026 just days away, we\u2019re in that end-of-the-year period where people are looking back on the year while also casting a glance at what\u2019s coming up. It\u2019s like some weird whiplash, though far less severe on the neck muscles.<\/p>\n

And in general, there is a large sense of nostalgia about modern culture at the moment. I think you could look at it from two perspectives.<\/p>\n

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Either past trends have revved back into fashion somehow; or rather than looking for something new, brands would prefer to \u2018renew\u2019 something that already exists.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of that going on in the hi-fi world. Going retro ties into the history of a brand, a chance to reassert and explain its identity. Sometimes it\u2019s popular \u2013 sometimes, people don\u2019t even know it\u2019s a retro.<\/p>\n

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The point of this preamble is that I went to Eindhoven earlier in the year to see Philips\u2019 new audio products for 2025 and the new year in its Moving Sound range. As someone born in the late 80s, but is more of a 90s kid, the 80s is such a weird decade. Can you really bring back the 80s and make it work for 2026?<\/p>\n

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Resurrecting the past<\/h2>\n

Some may feel the past should stay there; after all, unless you have a time-travelling DeLorean, there\u2019s little that can be done to change it.<\/p>\n

Things are better now than they were in the past. Yet, people keep looking back. Sometimes it\u2019s with clear eyes, other times with rose-tinted glasses, while some have put delusion goggles on. But the feeling of nostalgia is always there \u2013 despite all the advancements, people like to remember when times were simpler.<\/p>\n

That seems true for hi-fi and audio.<\/p>\n

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Everything today is streamlined and conservative in terms of taste \u2013 it is grey (or silver), black or white. Where\u2019s the colour? Where\u2019s the sense of fun? Where\u2019s the desire to own products?<\/p>\n

With Philips\u2019 Century products, it\u2019s the veneer of the past added on top of modern advancements and functionality. They\u2019re not making turntables with gigantic horns or ones you have to wind up, but the convenience, versatility, and accessibility that modern products offer is wrapped up in a look of yesteryear that\u2019s more unique than today.<\/p>\n

But nostalgia can be a crutch. Less a resurrection than exhuming something dead and buried of its own accord.<\/p>\n

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A mesh of the old and the new<\/h2>\n

What prompted this op-ed was the Moving Sound roster of products that are due to arrive in 2026 from Philips. Like the Sony Walkman, they\u2019re of 80s vintage and part of the reason why the Moving Sound range is back is well, apparently the 80s is back in fashion.<\/p>\n

But the 80s was<\/em> the 80s. What relevance does it have for someone born in 2010?<\/p>\n

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Well, the 80s seemed to have such a wild aesthetic. Dayglo colours, bouffant haircuts, parachute pants; it\u2019s a succession of weird choices that makes the modern day look so restrained by comparison. It\u2019s so out there, it\u2019s almost futuristic.<\/p>\n

And the sense of fun that can be missing from today\u2019s products is what the Moving Sound aims to restore.<\/p>\n

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Whether deliberate or accidental, trends seem to have veered back to when individual traits were strong and people expressed them in highly visible ways \u2013 it would seem that younger people want products that, at a glance, tell a story of who they are without having to say it.<\/p>\n

The Moving Sound range I saw was a work in progress. If changes are made, and I hope they are, it\u2019d be that the speakers and headphones look less like Fisher Price toys (they\u2019re too smooth and plastic in appearance), and have some of \u2018rougher\u2019 aesthetic of the 80s. Even though Philips is embracing the 80s with the Moving Sound, I still actually prefer the look of the 80s model.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like it more if they brought the 80s model back in its entirety \u2013 the shape, the look, the knobs and design details (like the look of the speakers) \u2013 rather than create a glossy \u2018modern\u2019 version. Some of the older Moving Sound products looked cool \u2013 the new models I didn\u2019t find as compelling.<\/p>\n

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Fear of the future?<\/h2>\n

I don\u2019t think leaning into the past is a result of fearing what the future might be or a failure of imagining what the future could be.<\/p>\n

However, while the Moving Sound products might be fondly remembered by some, there\u2019s a very obvious reason why they\u2019re being resuscitated.<\/p>\n

But I can see what Philips is attempting to do. This isn\u2019t like Roberts Radio where the retro aesthetic is<\/em> the look. It\u2019s a way of tying into Philips\u2019 history \u2013 which is massive \u2013 and establishing Philips\u2019 heritage to people who are unaware of who and what they are.<\/p>\n

At the same time, I do think that the Moving Sound range aimed to innovate back in its day. Would or even could you say the same about the Moving Sound 2026 range?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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