Look kid - don't knock it until you've lived through a time when it was SOTA!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
Look kid - don't knock it until you've lived through a time when it was SOTA!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
Yet again another reason why youth lives in a world of their own. Time is generaly better spent listening to the world around oneself.Originally Posted by MikeBrewster77
Look kid - don't knock it until you've lived through a time when it was SOTA!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
Allan.
I feel old also, this kid had no idea what a cassette was! In 1956 my dad bought a small open reel player, it used 3" reels for 1/4" tape and ran on batteries it weighted about 5lbs. Some one should give him an 12" record.
Records - You have to turn them over??
2ch: WiiM Pro; Topping E30 II DAC; Oppo, Acurus RL-11, Acurus A200, JBL Dynamics Project - Offline: L212-TwinStack, VonSchweikert VR-4
7: TIVO, Oppo BDP103D, B&K, 2pr UREI 809A, TF600, JBL B460
I'm sure that you know this! Laser Disc had to be turned over also!
Well we did get more exercise back then, have to get up and turn things over.
I feel tired already.
Yes, but it's very easy to create an impromptu shuffle feature with a quick swipe at the tonearm...
A good subwoofer does the same thing, I've heard ...Yes, but it's very easy to create an impromptu shuffle feature with a quick swipe at the tonearm...
2ch: WiiM Pro; Topping E30 II DAC; Oppo, Acurus RL-11, Acurus A200, JBL Dynamics Project - Offline: L212-TwinStack, VonSchweikert VR-4
7: TIVO, Oppo BDP103D, B&K, 2pr UREI 809A, TF600, JBL B460
Currently only use the pod for bike trips where weight and size matter , for actual quality or for nightime listening, the Sony NetMD walkman -minidisc- is superior for me.
320 minutes per disk
52 hours run time on 1 AA
and I can record any source , including LP or MP3
to the disks via USB or direct
I have gone thru the 1965 3.5 inch R2R , to cassette , 8 trak , EL cassette , beta , 10.5 R2R ..etc..etc and none of them match MD for convenience & quality
(well, the big R2R had the quality, but not very portable or ez to edit)
http://digitalliving.cnet.co.uk/spec...91589-6,00.htm
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
At least they didn't have him review an 8 track. The self destructive tapes live on forever in garage sales from hell.
Does anyone have fond memories of the 8 track experience? The Living Guitars Present Burt Bacharach.
Clark
Information is not Knowledge; Knowledge is not Wisdom
Too many audiophiles listen with their eyes instead of their ears
LMAO - that was classic!
I do! As a kid, we had a component 8-track player with nifty VU meters. It was on a stereo rack low to the ground, and I used to like to lay on the floor and watch them while music (inevitably by John Denver - my mom's favorite) played. One day I was sitting there as per usual, and tape just started spitting out of this thing while I looked on in shock and maybe a bit of horror (likely thinking I was going to somehow get blamed for this.) Wait, that's not a fond memory at all - actually it was quite traumatizing.
I'm going to call my therapist now.
Sure I do. They came standard in cars for a while. My wife had a 1970 Mustang fastback with one in it. Even had a slot rack for a couple of them built into the hump between the seats. The hell with the 8 track wish we still had the car. They were still fun for the time though.
Rob
"I could be arguing in my spare time"
Had an 8-track in my '67 Beetle back in '69. The technology was far superior to the state of cassettes at the time (double the speed) and a real step up from 4-tracks. Easy install in the Beetle, just cut a hole in the fiberboard glove box and let it hang out into the trunk.
I remember my first two tapes were Led Zeppellin I and II. I can't listen to either album today without hearing the "clunk" as the 8-track changed tracks or, on some, the order was shuffled to accommodate the track changes. I even still have my Sony 8-track recording deck. Now that was a math challenge to try to configure album tracks to fit the length of each loop!
Got them out a few years ago and every tape split on the first pass past the splice. Never had one fail back when they were new.
". . . as you have no doubt noticed, no one told the 4345 that it can't work correctly so it does anyway."—Greg Timbers
Yep, I had an eight track from Olson audio, still keep my assorted connectors and adaptors in that original box. I am old but I feel young?
Walkmans were cool! (emphasis on the "were")
Eight Tracks are very collectible in some circles, especially some of the more futuristic models which were pretty funky.
Just Play Music.
Cool article as well as the Quick Links to similar technologies. Surprising to see how many "recent" technologies made me feel nostalgic. I remember BeOS well and was sad to see it get squeezed out of existance.
"Zobel is as zobel does"
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