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Now, this is usually the part of the column where I talk about how the artists descend into infighting, poverty and, eventually, obscurity. The Boys blamed their label Motown for poor promotion and decided not to resign with them. The title track and “Doin It Wit the B” quickly got lost in the shuffle. But by ’92, their momentum began to sputter. The Saga Continues… dropped in 1992, upgrading the brothers from oversized pastel suits to oversized mobster suits. They must have had horseshoes and Lucky Charms floating through their bloodstream, they got all the breaks. In 2013, that would be like four kids working with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake right out of the gate. The Boys, now under Motown, now had friends in high places.Įven more good fortune smiled upon them when they befriended Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and LA Reid. Jheryl Busby signed the group while he was at MCA, but when MCA purchased Motown Records, Busby rocketed up the corporate ladder. She replied, “my boys.” They were later christened “The Boys.”Įventually, The Boys’ were courted by MCA, Motown and Solar Records.
– During a talent show, an announcer asked the mother of the then-nameless group for their stage name. – The brothers originally performed to raise money for a Father’s Day present. – As an infant, Tajh played baby Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries Roots. The brothers Abdulsamad – Khiry, Tajh, Hakim and Bilal – have a back story so sugary sweet that it’s almost like superproducer Babyface penned it himself. If you were a pre-teen girl in 1988 I’m sure you just screamed at your computer. The winner: late ’80s heartthrobs The Boys.
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I threw all the suggestions together, fired up my trusty random number generator and let it rip. Y’all delivered and dug up some great names from the past. The R-S202 and SP-BS22-LR combo would run just $266.Last weekend, I reached out to my social media fam for suggestions for our latest “What Ever Happened to…” subject.
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The $119 Dayton Audio Sub 1000 10-inch powered subwoofer would be a synergistic match with the R-S202 and the Debut B6s.Īs I write this review the ELAC Debut B6 speakers are currently out of stock, but if you can't wait for the B6s, pick up Pioneer's even more affordable, yet still quite good SP-BS22-LR bookshelf speakers for $116.99 a pair on Amazon (with free shipping for Prime customers). The receiver lacks a "sub" output jack, but if you crave more room-shaking muscle, you could easily add any subwoofer with " speaker-level" inputs (most subs are so equipped), and run the sub from the RS-202's "B" speaker outputs.
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Bass was full enough I never missed not using a subwoofer. Watching movies with the R-S202 fully demonstrated its stereo home theater capabilities. Bass was full, but never thick or bloated. The layered mixes remained distinct even as they spread across wall-to-wall soundstages. There's a lot going on here: abrasive guitars, bouncy keyboards, with blazing drums in the foreground providing rhythmic intensity.
So far, so good, so I next pushed the RS-202 harder with the Battles' dizzyingly complex "Gloss Drop" prog-rock album. Ryan Adams' "Live at Carnegie Hall" album with Adams alone on stage with just his acoustic guitar, along with the ambience of the great hall, all came through loud and clear. Together they delivered surprisingly decent sound quality, certainly beyond my expectations for budget-priced gear. The ELAC Debut B6 speakers turned out to be a terrific pairing with the R-S202. Then again, most budget receivers use spring clips, so the R-S202 is no better or worse than average in that regard. One nitpick, the R-S202's spring clip speaker wire connectors don't provide a secure grip on the wires, so if you ever accidentally tug on the wires they will probably get pulled out.
The R-S202 has two sets of speaker outputs (A & B), and there are bass and treble controls accessible on the remote and the receiver's front panel. If you play LPs, no worries, you can add a separate outboard phono preamp, such as the $79 Pro-Ject Audio Phono Box.
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There's a headphone jack on the front panel, and around back you'll find four pairs of RCA inputs, plus Bluetooth, but there are no phono or digital inputs.