R.I.P. Sony Walkman
 

Man, who knew they were even still making these things??

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11618899]BBC News - R.I.P. Sony Walkman (Snr)[/url]

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Quick, everyone get on eBay and hoard them to re-sell in 10 years for a fortune!

I'm also surprised they're still made, but I guess other nations aren't as technologically-spoiled as us.

I'm sure they're commonplace in places like Nigeria. You'll see kids strolling down the street with a Walkman, while wearing their Carolina Panthers Super Bowl Champs shirt.

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[quote=Buster;752209]Quick, everyone get on eBay and hoard them to re-sell in 10 years for a fortune!

I'm also surprised they're still made, but I guess other nations aren't as technologically-spoiled as us.

I'm sure they're commonplace in places like Nigeria. You'll see kids strolling down the street with a Walkman, while wearing their Carolina Panthers Super Bowl Champs shirt.[/quote]

I was surprised that they were still made as well. I had one up until about 2000. I didnt know that anyone still even sold cassette tapes.

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I wonder if TTE has one. Remember how he didn't know what an iPod was?

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[quote=Buster;752209]Quick, everyone get on eBay and hoard them to re-sell in 10 years for a fortune!

I'm also surprised they're still made, but I guess other nations aren't as technologically-spoiled as us.

I'm sure they're commonplace in places like Nigeria. You'll see kids strolling down the street with a Walkman, while wearing their Carolina Panthers Super Bowl Champs shirt.[/quote]

Makes sense when you think of all the places that don't have access to the net or to pc's... can't exactly download mp3's in that situation. I wonder what are more durable, cassettes or cd's?

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[quote=BleedBurgundy;752268]Makes sense when you think of all the places that don't have access to the net or to pc's... can't exactly download mp3's in that situation. I wonder what are more durable, cassettes or cd's?[/quote]

Barring extreme heat, I'd say cassettes.

I've only had one every break on me in my lifetime and it was because I played the thing to death.

CDs scratch very easily. I take very careful care of mine and they still don't stay perfect.

You can drop cassettes without killing them. Drop a CD in your driveway and there's a good chance it's done.




Now sound quality...convenience of finding a song instantly...there's no comparison. I still have all of my old cassettes from the 80s and they'll play. They have durability as a strength for sure, unlike VHS tapes that break down and become unplayable over time, especially if not rewound completely.

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[quote=Mattyk;752243]I wonder if TTE has one. Remember how he didn't know what an iPod was?[/quote]


Where has he been? Awfully quiet of late.


Has not been on since 8/18/2010, I really miss his insights.

Must be busy in Varna building everything to spec, waht a little busy bee he was.

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That's total crap what am I going to do now? I guess I'll buy a few to have a couple extra.

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[quote=mredskins;752288]Where has he been? Awfully quiet of late.


Has not been on since 8/18/2010, [B]I really miss his insights[/B].

Must be busy in Varna building everything to spec, waht a little busy bee he was.[/quote]

Really?