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Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:41:36 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:41:55 +0000

I loved this.

At 54 I’ve seen and used a lot of different technologies in my life. Some most of you never have and never will. Like my RCA video disk player. It was analog not digital. Even old radios from the 1930’s with all their dials and vacuum tubes. Oh, what fun.

I’d love to know what he would think of all of these.

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Happy 30th Birthday, Walkman. | The Quisenblog — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:21:10 +0000

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By: OJS

OJS — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:13:50 +0000

what’s an ipod?

you mean some people still carry a portable music player?

i just keep all my music and videos on a 16GB microSD card and plug them in my phone. One device for everything?

just wait a few more years and people will be laughing at the ipods. we’re already laughing at the 4gb ipod bricks and 1st gens.

it’s refreshing though that one of today’s youths (sp?) decided to try something “ancient” out.

how many of us would wash our clothes with a bucket and a washboard?

By: Thomas Bailey

Thomas Bailey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:05 +0000

I have well over a thousand cassettes, most of them C-120, a full hour on each side. I also had a reel-to reel recorder, which I enjoyed using until it stopped working. Yes it’s big and heavy, about 16 pounds, and runs on AC mains power (no batteries). It takes reels up to 7 inches diameter, SP tape (1200 feet) gives 2 hours per track at 1 7/8 IPS, 1 hour at 3 3/4 IPS, and 30 minutes at 7 1/2 IPS. The LP tape (1800 feet) gives 3 hours at 1 7/8 IPS, Double play (2400 feet) gives 4 hours, and triple play (3600 feet), seldom seen anymore, gives 6.4 hours per track. It can record stereo or 4-track mono, the latter can record 25.6 hours on triple-play tape at 1 7/8 IPS. Sound quality at 1 7/8 IPS was OK, but 7 1/2 IPS had the sound quality open-reel is known for.
For those of you who don’t understand tape speeds, they are analogous to bitrates, 7 1/2 IPS might be compared to 256 kbps, 3 3/4 IPS might be compared to 128 kbps, and 1 7/8 IPS might be compared to 64 kbps.

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What I’ve been reading this week (June 30/2009) - Roger Stringer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:55:54 +0000

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Tuesday news of note 6.30.09 « My list of Coolness Blog — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:29:09 +0000

[...] favorite story of yesterday about a kid that swapped his ipod for a cassette and realized all the music he’s missing out [...]

By: Ruhani Rabin

Ruhani Rabin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:20:56 +0000

pretty lame .. the kid already know that it is 30 years old and running film based tape.. and expecting to do stuff like ipod.. lame and stupid.. those walkman were the gems of their time..

By: iPod Car Kit

iPod Car Kit — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:03:38 +0000

I Cant believe how much technology has changed over the past thirty years. i cant live without my iPod these days

By: David Kahn

David Kahn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:49:16 +0000

agreed

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By: Ivan Pope

Ivan Pope — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:04:06 +0000

Sure the technology is dated, and seems clunky in comparison to what we have now. What we seem to have forgotten was how utterly revolutionary the Walkman was and how it changed our lives. For better or for worse, we could suddenly carry music around with us wherever we went – and keep what we were listening to to ourselves or swap with friends. It really changed a lot of things both for technology and for music.

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wow accounts — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:53:38 +0000

I’ve never felt so old after reading an article before! I wonder if the kid’s ever used a laser disc before. I’m he’d be mindf**ked once he realizes that he too has to flip that huge disc over to get to the 2nd half of the film. That one has always baffled as to how such a big disc still not be able to fit the whole movie on just one side…

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Kid Swaps iPod For Sony Walkman, Gets A Culture Shock « RK Design — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:22:54 +0000

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By: deno

deno — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:48:34 +0000

Very interesting article. I think that 13 yr old (and most of the children around or less than that age) will find a number of devices weird. Such as that old telephone we had a few years back where you have to actually “dial” the number and hate anyone who would have a zero in their number (as pointed out by someone on a comedy show). They will be awestruck by the VCRs. I remember we had to clean the head when the picture quality deteriorated. My walkman experience was never that great. Tapes getting stuck and you had disentangle the reel. That wasn’t easy. It’s funny how quickly things have changed as I am 23 and this feels like an eternity ago.

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:29:19 +0000

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By: sYgnal

sYgnal — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:24:34 +0000

I’m sorry…I have to disagree.

The source is always the most important part but, if we were to use the same source, “Generational Loss” does not degrade(for lack of better words) the final product like Mp3 does. Sure, cassette can have some noise due to the reproduction process but that’s included – Mp3 cuts out crucial information in order to compress to a smaller file size. Let’s not discuss the Loudness Wars = Massive Compression even on CDs…*Ugh* It pisses me off.

If ya don’t believe me – then hook your iPod & a nice cassette deck(I still have my Denon) up to a pair of nice high end stereo with some killer speakers(Jamo,Martin Logan).

By: John Norris

John Norris — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:23:24 +0000

I was wondering if someone was going to mention these. Astral Tunes was a car cassette deck with a motorcycle battery (or so I was told.) Must have been around 1978? I almost wept the 1st time I heard it…so small…portable music. It was almost unimaginable.

By: Jims

Jims — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:48:08 +0000

Did you honestly take that guy with those eyes as an intern?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:36:54 +0000

You’re old because a few years ago you found out about something that had existed for a few decades and died in the mainstream before you were even born?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:35:17 +0000

People who don’t want to listen to the same cassette all the way through, or carry 50 cassettes around?

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By: Simon Colley

Simon Colley — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:44:57 +0000

It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape……utterly priceless, I am still crying with laughter.

By: Athena Puget

Athena Puget — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:22:21 +0000

I totally agree with Brian, my little brother is 13 and he can speak very fluently and articulately; even more so than many adults I know, thank you very much. I’m 15 and I know how to punctuate very well, thanks.