The amazing portable Sony CD Player from 1985, about three weeks of pay for me at the time. [ATTACH]
A neat radio from AIWA 1968, these were pretty expensive when new. Most kids had a transistor radio but most were from Hong Kong and pretty cheap...
From 1982, USD [ATTACH]
Some cool JVC Field Recorders from 1979, one of the last horizontal tape decks from AIWA. [ATTACH]
More AIWA from 1982, USD. Tapes at $3.99 each! Big money back then, for a few dollars more you could buy a prerecorded tape. [ATTACH]
AIWA walks over the competition from 1982, USD. [ATTACH]
From 1982, which boomer would you get? Price is USD. [ATTACH]
We still have Micro Center and Best Buy, MC is fun if you like computers or even building your own, they have everything but the chain is small....
We have to have the original pop princess, she was a fixture on radio from the 70's to the early 80's, I even remember hearing the early country...
Van's Shoes from 1978, my buddy used to sell these, you could order in any color for the different panels, just like you see here. [ATTACH]
It was a little under $100 USD for a complete board in the early 80's (a little less than a cool Walkman). At first we protected the board and...
Most of my tape decks don't work anymore, I keep enough working to use my tapes but belts don't have close to the life of the tape media. I'd...
Yep, "the space is the limit"
Skateboarding started growing like crazy in the late 70's with the birth of the urethane wheel, me and my buddies were part of the wave lasting...
There's a guy over on AudioKarma posting about Biphonic, last spring his thread had photos of a recent recording set-up. Of course when I search...
Did BBM quit putting out magazines?
AIWA Series 50 from 1980 [ATTACH]
I read it too fast, thought there was no cable. I'm with you Longman on the dividing line, Midi = album size, Mini = smaller. The top part of...
This gives more insight into the Philips Merger with Marantz, from HiFi News (UK) 1980, November. It confirms what I thought about product...
I've always considered myself a serious collector but for a different reason, I've always had a passion for tape decks, even my cheapo piano-keyed...
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