You have to weigh up the cost of the equipment vs the cost of the tools. Technique is probably just as important. As @Cassette2go says take lots...
It was almost like an episode of LGR Thrifts today as we went around Charity shops in Highcliffe, where the average age is "retired", and house...
I have four of the ones in the video MT65, VL1, SK1, and MT400V. The MT400V is the only one I didn't buy in the 1980s.
Not very often, although I did play a cassette last week. Like @Mister X it was something I picked up and wanted to hear. It would bug me if I...
What is even more impressive is that some of the most complicated mechanisms pre-date Computer Aided Design. For example have a look at this Akai...
I think I have posted this before but thought it might be an idea to repeat it Just read this thread and substitute Boombox or Walkman whenever it...
I have in front of me Sony Walkmans WM-BF49 and WM-FX479. The only thing special about either of them is that they have Dolby. With those I recall...
Thanks for the update, which explains a lot. Reno actually hinted at potential problems with social services in a post earlier in the year. When...
They are available new in the U.K. for £199. https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/at-sb727 We see the same ones on eBay new from Japan for about...
The whole point of Dolby Noise Reduction (simply referred to as Dolby for most of its life) is to reduce tape hiss....
It works both ways. Your post prompted me to look at the Wikipedia entries for Paul Weller's bands "The Jam" and "The Style Council". In the U.K....
Welcome back. Your collection would be worthy of a a corporation like Sony. In the U.K. people with that sort of money to spend usually buy a...
It can mean that the CD player was designed before CD-Rs left the research labs. I find it incredible that they ever managed to make CD-R work....
Less than £3 each. Those toys make searching for Sound Burgers on Jauce very difficult. I quite fancy a Bluetooth Soundburger to go with my 1980s...
Very few audio adverts recently as it's summer. The Newspaper archive I use shows copies of the Daily Mirror from today's date from random years...
Thanks for resurrecting this thread. I was looking at the "See Japan for £20" advert and "Prince's Trust Rock Gala" had me puzzled for a few...
https://www.stereo2go.com/forums/threads/reno-radio-raheem.9821/
That is very sad news. Reno was an asset to several forums. On this version of Stereo2Go he had 1961 posts and 1593 likes. Name the high end box...
Techmoan's Flamingo. [MEDIA] Sony Flamingos go for silly money these days making a Sound Burger look cheap, especially now you can choose between...
I have had one pre-recorded cassette which wouldn't play. Two different Walkmans would stall or auto-stop. Quite puzzling as there was no problem...
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