This is an interesting story from a neat book on the Internet Archive, this talks about the Bone Fone going against the Walkman in the early days...
Sony Walkman turns 30 from 2009 [ATTACH]
No idea, I can't tell if that's an antenna or guard? The case is much nicer than I run across...
Unfortunately the corrosion might severely affect the value of this rare unit. These seem to be the top of the ladder value-wise but they only...
I'm guessing but it looks like the spring goes on first, then the hub and a very small circlip on the top while pressing down the hub. It looks...
Welcome Jakub Rydzewski, don't worry about asking a lot of questions, tape decks can be one of the most mysterious parts of the audio chain. The...
You have to love that Philips Longman, that's nice looking. Some of those 80's units are really cool and I'd keep one if I found one.
I carried a hockey stick in my 86 work van, the curve worked out great to get around the exhaust manifold and bang that starter......
My JBR Microcassette Deck has a military grade photo sensor that can control speed instantly with very little wow and flutter but they paid a ton...
Wow, that's nice and that case is beautiful, there was a lot of love put into that. I'm guessing the Walkman wins because it had a 3.5 mm jack?...
Cool find, I've wanted to play with one of those types of decks but have never seen one. I found some unreleated information on Concord and they...
Photo sensitive usually means that when the clear leader at the "end of tape" goes through the transport, a light switch activates and stops the...
We have those pricing laws as well, electronics stores got called out (and fined) for "bait and switch" where they have a JVC M90 for $200 USD...
We love Netflix over here Longman, I actually liked it more a few years ago when they really had cool movies on like Trollhunter and OSS 117,...
Early Superscope CRS-4000 Press Release from 1977 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I bet Sony had a few of these in the prototype office before the Walkman came out, this is from 1975 [ATTACH]
Making Live Recordings At Home 1975. Home taping with compact cassettes was starting to get extremely popular, everyone had the piano key mono...
April 1975, Uher introduces the CR134 with a mention of the Hitachi's TRQ-10, the Sony TC-55 and TC-1525D (the first battery operated cassette...
Sony releases the TC-42 "Action Corder" in 1974. Marantz (Superscope) had US Distribution rights to Sony's Tape Lines back then. [ATTACH]
Akio Morita gets an NARM Award from the music industry for revolutionizing the world culture. 1982 [ATTACH]
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