I...feel...old!!!

[MikeBrewster77]

Look kid - don't knock it until you've lived through a time when it was SOTA! :scold:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm

[Allanvh5150]

Look kid - don't knock it until you've lived through a time when it was SOTA! :scold:

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.

Allan.

[jcrobso]

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.

[hjames]

I feel old also, this kid had no idea ...
. Some one should give him an 12" record.

Records - You have to turn them over??

[jcrobso]

Records - You have to turn them over??
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.:blink:

[MikeBrewster77]

Records - You have to turn them over??

Yes, but it's very easy to create an impromptu shuffle feature with a quick swipe at the tonearm... ;)

[hjames]

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 ...

[SEAWOLF97]

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/specials/0,39030785,49291589-6,00.htm

[Ducatista47]

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. :barf:

Clark

[MikeBrewster77]

A good subwoofer does the same thing, I've heard ...

LMAO - that was classic! :D


The self destructive tapes live on forever in garage sales from hell.

Does anyone have fond memories of the 8 track experience?

Clark

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. :crying:

[Robh3606]

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:)

[BMWCCA]

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. :thmbsup:

[midlife]

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? :biting::blah::applaud:;);););););)

[Krunchy]

Walkmans were cool! (emphasis on the "were" :D)
Eight Tracks are very collectible in some circles, especially some of the more futuristic models which were pretty funky.

http://i.ebayimg.com/05/!BVNfymgBGk~$(KGrHgoOKi0EjlLmV1mnBKRUpSPK2w~~_1.JP G

[Uncle Paul]

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/specials/0,39030785,49291589-6,00.htm

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.

[BMWCCA]

Eight Tracks are very collectible in some circles...And you can apparently buy new ones, still:
http://cheaptrick.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=10_21036&pc=CTAM64

http://media.musictoday.com/store/bands/11/product_medium/CTAM64.JPG

[JeffW]

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.



Egads! My sister inherited a '68 Beetle from my folks and I installed an 8 track player in it. It was on a bracket just under the glove box, with some 6X9 coaxial speakers mounted in the compartment behind the rear seat.

I had to drive that thing one winter, still remember having to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield. It was also about the time 8 tracks were pretty much history, cassettes were the thing, and I only had about two 8 tracks to listen to.

[BMWCCA]

I had to drive that thing one winter, still remember having to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield.You weren't supposed to be breathing while you drove! Didn't you read the manual? ;)

[MikeBrewster77]

And you can apparently buy new ones, still:
http://cheaptrick.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=10_21036&pc=CTAM64



$30!!!!!!!!! :blink:

[briang]

I too now realize my age.

[Krunchy]

And you can apparently buy new ones, still:


http://media.musictoday.com/store/bands/11/product_medium/CTAM64.JPG

:rotfl::rotfl::applaud: I cant believe they actually make new ones, thats amzing!:rotfl:
you're killing me! :D



Egads! My sister inherited a '68 Beetle from my folks and I installed an 8 track player in it.
I had to drive that thing one winter, still remember having to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield. It was also about the time 8 tracks were pretty much history, cassettes were the thing, and I only had about two 8 tracks to listen to.

Classic! on all accounts :applaud: :D

[Akira]

Music was a thing to be shared and phone conversations were private.
Today's youth want the whole world to hear their phone calls but, music is best listened to alone????

[jcrobso]

When I was a young boy all our records were 78 RPM. I remember one day my dad had this BIG console delivered to the house. It had a two speed turntable, for 78s and 33 1/3 RPM records. It had a 15" woofer with a coaxial 5" tweeter, 30 watts of tube power. My introduction to high quality sound had begun. :D

[Akira]

When I was a young boy all our records were 78 RPM. :D
Wow...you must be even older than me!

[BMWCCA]

Okay, we're all old . . . well, most of us. But who other that me remember these from when you were a kid?

http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/raven.html

http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/images/redraven.jpg http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/images/RedRavMirror.jpg http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/images/rr.a.gif

[BMWCCA]

Wow, you must be REALLY old for stuff like that -Well, I did have an older brother . . . two-and-a-half-years older. I suppose it could have been a hand-me-down. Though I am older than Michael Jackson (and always will be), but not as old as Farah Fawcett (but hope to be!). :D

[Krunchy]

Now That is CooL mr.BeeMR:applaud:

[jcrobso]

Okay, we're all old . . . well, most of us. But who other that me remember these from when you were a kid?

http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/raven.html

http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/images/redraven.jpg http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/images/RedRavMirror.jpg http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/images/rr.a.gif
I guess that I'm just an old fart!:(
One of the 78 records we had was Gene Artery singing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer. I remember when Eisenhower was elected in 1952.

[Uncle Paul]

Try doin' THAT with your iPod!

[BMWCCA]

One of the 78 records we had was Gene Artery singing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer. We had that one, too.

Remember the Bozo the Clown records with the books? The record would give out a little "toot" when it was time to turn the page:

[jcrobso]

We had that one, too.

Remember the Bozo the Clown records with the books? The record would give out a little "toot" when it was time to turn the page:

We didn't get our first TV until 1954, a 21" B&W.

[BMWCCA]

We didn't get our first TV until 1954, a 21" B&W.Bozo was on records and in books years before he hit the TV. I remember staring at the test pattern on some B&W Olympic (?) TV, waiting for the cartoons to come on Saturday mornings. Next we got some "portable" Zenith B&Ws with Space Command remotes. Often my dad would come home and the keys and change in his pocket would jangle and the channel would change. :D

[Titanium Dome]

Oh boy, nostalgia binge coming on:

"Toot! Toot! Tootles the tug boat.
He has no time to play..."

or how about

"There's a little white duck sitting in the water
A little white duck doin' what he oughter..."

[MikeBrewster77]

I don't feel quite that old anymore :rotfl:

[1audiohack]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the required high tech owner adjustable azimuth tool,,, the paper book of matches.