This morning I had to go to my local Sainsbury's for something else. but to be honest I wanted to look at what was happening with the CDs and...
That shows the difference between different countries back in the 1980s. Just a short bus ride into town was a Sony centre selling their entire...
They were obsessed with plastic and it did nothing for their reputation. Have a look at the last post in this thread...
Just look at Apple prices today and you can get close to imagining it. Of course, as I indicated in another thread property was far cheaper. In...
I expect they were all AKAs manufactured by some company like Onkyo (a name which I still think sounds silly in English). Interestingly I have a...
I just realised that I had never properly looked at the Radio cassettes in a scan of the John Noble 1974 catalogue which I have so here they are....
About a weeks wages https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/FA759C7156DF12B4CA2575140079212B/$File/63020_JUN1973.pdf As I have said...
They obviously don't think there is a big enough market for such an item. I get the impression that nowadays most people budget £500+ (or more...
Last week on "Sounds of the 90s" Fearne was chatting to former Smash Hits editor Kate Thornton. Reading up on her on Wikipedia...
A full history here https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/k-tel-the-secret-history-14334.html You can click "maybe...
Well done on keeping that Montego going, although makes your username a bit puzzling. Are you aware of this site?...
Welcome Vincent. I can see from your photo you have a Denon boombox. That is more upmarket than the usual Sharps and Hitachis.
The question is which CDs (and I don't mean which Album). The loudness war ruined many peoples perception of CDs as time went on....
A couple of videos for the Minidisc fans a summary [MEDIA] and for those with 73 minutes to fill [MEDIA] I'm not sure if it is in the video...
I'm fine thanks. We actually have a car boot sale locally tomorrow so will see what is there. Lets Rock Southampton has been postponed a second...
I just spotted this in the BBC headlines https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57763301 In my local store there is already less shelf space...
Welcome. We haven't had that many members come from Japan despite most of the equipment we discuss coming from there. Reading various articles,...
Sugru (mouldable silicone) is what you need to re-insulate connectors. It starts out like Blu-Tack and a few hours later ends up like bath...
My suggestion based on what has happened before would be Technics. Eleven years ago when vinyl was reaching the end of a long decline their...
Argos was a bit too downmarket for Sony to supply back then but by Spring 1981 they had the Binatone Hip-Fi Cloneman. I'm sure @autoreverser has...
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