I completely agree with that. The reason I originally joined the forum (back when it was on Hoopla) was because someone asked "Why are Vintage...
Tell us then :wink2 In the past I have collected Valve / Tube radios (back when you could pick those up for next to nothing (compared to Walkmans...
The models of Yesteryear and similar models were marketed as collectables, rather than toys and never appealed to Children, who either didn't...
Many; standoff, spacer, pillar...
I seem to be accumulating Digital Cameras now. The most recent is a working 14MPixel Olympus u Tough that was on Ebay used but in full working...
By 1988 Sony had given up on Betamax here in the UK and switched to VHS, so there were lots of Sony VHS home machines after that. The first ones...
The fact that it is Made in Japan is another clue. Even the mains adaptor has the same green label that Sony use. As you say there must have been...
You two would have got on well with my late Father. The photo below shows one type of van in his collection of about 900 of these types of...
That is a huge surprise; the equivalent of finding out that a top of the range exclusive Walkman was mono only and didn't have rewind. By 1977 you...
Welcome Daniel. There have been a few discussions on here as to what field recorders broadcasters used to use, so any insider information would be...
I would imagine it depends on both the sending and destination country. Last month I ordered a phono pre-amp from Israel, despite them waring that...
In the UK the TPS-L2 was about £100 so half that would be £50. The same year you could get a basic AM-FM pocket radio from one of the lesser...
This thread http://www.stereo2go.com/forums/threads/americas-largest-boombox-collection.5720/#post-44618 made me wonder if collecting runs in...
In my experience maybe 30% of people understand collecting and 30% find it very strange. Something that has stuck in my mind was on The Antiques...
I wonder how much the radio cost. Quite a lot given the fancy case it case in...
You would have had to go there anyway to get your film developed. The only digital camera available back then was a Kodak costing $20000 which...
In a recent thread Derek Marshall commented that he had never been in a Laskys HiFi store. Back in the 1980s the one in Bristol was one of the...
A friend has just pointed out how similar the second unit looks to one of the Kodak Photo CD Player...
The Power Cd has its own Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerCD I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for the model above but...
My first "portable" player a Sanyo wouln't even work upside down. I still recall an instructor trying to use a no name PCDP for a line dancing...
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