wanna feel old

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Flexin

I had a portable stereo with an 8 track player in it. I traded 3 built models and a hockey stick for it.

My Sony walkman kicked all. I loved it.

I was slow to switch to cd because I had so many cassettes. The only reason I switched was because the out puts died on my Kenwood cassette car stereo. It was going to be about $100 to fix so I said fuck it and spent $500 on a new Kenwood CD player.

James

The only reason I went to cd was I had a friend that worked at a record store that swapped them out for me and I paid the difference.

[Homeslice]

Cassette players rock.....I've got a few old boomboxes from that era, like this one

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Trip

This just shows how spoiled we are if a kid doesnt think the walkman is a credible piece of technology. Where exactly does he think the ipod came from? It just magically appeared....

I don't know if it is spoiled or just clueless about history. Even if MP3 compression existed 15 years after the walkman was introduced it would have taken $200 worth of RAM to store one song. Without compression it is more like $2000 worth of ram (both 1993-94 prices of $50 per meg). Whatever the reason it is scary to me that this kid supposedly co-edits a news website.

[HurricaneHeather]

I never figured out how to determine which side you were playing when you put the tape in. Is the side facing in the side playing, or the side facing out?

Waaaay too confusing for me.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I never figured out how to determine which side you were playing when you put the tape in. Is the side facing in the side playing, or the side facing out?

Waaaay too confusing for me.

Facing out.

JC

[Rider]

Just the other day I showed my 12 yo son what a cassette was. He asked what the rectangle opening below the CD opening was on the Stereo on my Maxima. So I pulled out a few cassettes. He laughed. At least we listen to the same style of music(Thrash Metal) so I can play them without him getting offended.

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Facing out.

JC

How do you know? Rather, how do un-omniscient people know?

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Cassette players rock.....I've got a few old boomboxes from that era, like this one

That one ROCKS! I got one in my garage. I've had it for 20 yrs.

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I never figured out how to determine which side you were playing when you put the tape in. Is the side facing in the side playing, or the side facing out?

Waaaay too confusing for me.

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Facing out.

JC

Seriously Heather? How old are you?

Originally Posted by Rider

Just the other day I showed my 12 yo son what a cassette was. He asked what the rectangle opening below the CD opening was on the Stereo on my Maxima. So I pulled out a few cassettes. He laughed. At least we listen to the same style of music(Thrash Metal) so I can play them without him getting offended.

That is CLASSIC. Damn kids just don't get it!

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

How do you know? Rather, how do un-omniscient people know?

it was in the instruction manual for the player.

I had one of the first Sony Walkman models with the digital tuning and the 5 memory buttons (10 saved channels total): WM-FX41. I rarely used the casette because it ate batteries like crazy.

I used that thing for probably about 15 years and I still have it in a box in the garage... the corners are all worn off and such but it still works like a charm... went through headphones like water though

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

How do you know? Rather, how do un-omniscient people know?

Well......

You looked at the liner. If the first song on side one was, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", but when you put the tape in, it played, "Eleanor Rigby", you fucked it up.

JC