Revisiting Cassettes Tapes

[TitanTim]

Many thanks thats really kind of you, if I can get my CD player working again so I can record will let you know If you still have your Walkman, depending on which model it is it could be worth a bob or two. Have a look on ebay.

This seller on ebay has loads of them at pretty prices

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item= ... =farish_98

Tim.

My Walkman is nothing fancy, but it looks like it might have some value.

I've got a cheap "Discman" type thing somewhere too so you could probably record from that via the headphone socket.

Hopefully I can get my CD payer up an running again, all part of the fun

At least my radio from 1969 is still going strong



Nice and compact so I can take it on holiday :lol:

Tim.

 

[Pondrew]

Ah Grundig!
Our first colour TV was Grundig. As soon as I saw the name I can smell the plasticky/ transistory smell of the very basic remote control.
Happy days!

 

[buzyg]

I wonder if you can get a digital processor that you can feed in a decent digital signal in from and then make it sound like your listening to Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres on a dark night?

Sign me up for Radio Luxembourg on a dark night any time. 8)

As for Cassette tapes. They where pish when they came out and stayed pish to this day. :wink:

 

[TitanTim]

Ah Grundig!
Our first colour TV was Grundig. As soon as I saw the name I can smell the plasticky/ transistory smell of the very basic remote control.
Happy days!

It smells like that inside The telescopic aerial extends to around 20 feet, I'm sure in 1969 it would have picked up the moon landings :?

Tim.

 

[TitanTim]

I wonder if you can get a digital processor that you can feed in a decent digital signal in from and then make it sound like your listening to Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres on a dark night?

If you can sign me up for one. 8)

As for Cassette tapes. They where pish when they came out and stayed pish to this day. :wink:

Thats why they sound so good so once you've had a bottle or two it makes no difference :lol:

Tim.

 

[B21]

Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres on a dark night?

Is that when it used to fade in and out ?? My Dad told me it was due to the waves and for ages I thought he meant the waves as it came over the sea

Correct ..the signal could only get to most folks in the UK by bouncing off one of the many charged layers in the earths ionosphere…usually the D layer but sometimes the F layer.

As these are not stable, affected by many factors the signals would fade in and out,.

FWIW

 

[B21]

I wonder if you can get a digital processor that you can feed in a decent digital signal in from and then make it sound like your listening to Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres on a dark night?

Sign me up for Radio Luxembourg on a dark night any time. 8)

As for Cassette tapes. They where pish when they came out and stayed pish to this day. :wink:

 

[Pondrew]

Well I'm with you Tim....nostalgia is the name of this game.

I started looking at National Panasonic 'music centres' on eBay a while ago, as we had one in the living room when I was a kid. That also had a very memorable 'smell' (of burning dust, plastic and basic PCBs).

 

[Pondrew]

Correct ..the signal could only get to most folks in the UK by bouncing off one of the many charged layers in the earths ionosphere…usually the D layer but sometimes the F layer.

I always thought is was the F..ing C layer. :?

 

[TitanTim]

Well I'm with you Tim....nostalgia is the name of this game.

I started looking at National Panasonic 'music centres' on eBay a while ago, as we had one in the living room when I was a kid. That also had a very memorable 'smell' (of burning dust, plastic and basic PCBs).

Always like the old as well as the new, when I bought a new guitar amplifier a few years back in had to be a valve amp purely as the tone is better when cranked up and the valves are cooking. I also have a valve ipod player so old and new together. Thats why people still prefer vinyl to digital for a warmer sound, tapes the same although you can do alsorts with that, yes it can all be digitally synthesised now to mimic certain sound types from back in the day but its still not the same, plus I like things with lots of buttons :lol:

Tim.

 

[Mr Tidy]

At least my radio from 1969 is still going strong

That takes me back - my Mum had a Grundig Party Boy in the 70s. Probably because it was cheaper and they didn't do an MOR Boy!

She was never a party person.

 

[ronk]

Hearing tends to deteriorate with age - sharpness and clarity without the interference of hiss etc has to be a bonus in my book.

 

[TitanTim]

At least my radio from 1969 is still going strong

That takes me back - my Mum had a Grundig Party Boy in the 70s. Probably because it was cheaper and they didn't do an MOR Boy!

She was never a party person.

Not sure how they dreamnt up Ocean Boy as a name for a radio back then, well I hope it wasn't dreamnt :lol:

Tim.

 

[Mr Tidy]

Party Boy sounds a bit iffy too now.

But the 70s was a different era - thankfully!

 

[True-Blue]

No good though if you're listening era is the 60s, good to listen to the music how it was recorded at the time :wink:

Tim.

Except there was no one playing the lead ‘hiss’ or the double ‘crackle’ was there?

:lol: it was there it just gets filtered out in the digital process :?

Tim.

I’m guessing/hoping this is a joke? :?

I also note you’re talking about getting an old CD player running to be able to make recordings of a digital music source… So much effort for inferior sound… are you also buying rechargeable batteries and a charger? Or have you forgotten how quickly batteries go flat in a Walkman? :|

 

[ronk]

I’m afraid I’m happy to have a 32Gb USB plugged in and be able to listen to a music collection!

 

[TitanTim]

Except there was no one playing the lead ‘hiss’ or the double ‘crackle’ was there?

:lol: it was there it just gets filtered out in the digital process :?

Tim.

I’m guessing/hoping this is a joke? :?

I also note you’re talking about getting an old CD player running to be able to make recordings of a digital music source… So much effort for inferior sound… are you also buying rechargeable batteries and a charger? Or have you forgotten how quickly batteries go flat in a Walkman? :|

Lithium gumstick battery on the Walkman, seems to be lasting just fine, the 80s wasn't that long ago :lol:

As said think you're missing the point, it's revisiting something I enjoyed when I was a lad, the pure sonic clarity compared to say a modern DAC player is inferior as you would expect but then playing vinyl you could say exactly the same yet people prefer that format. Having said that I would still prefer an old cassette Walkman, much cooler

Tim.

 

[TitanTim]

I’m afraid I’m happy to have a 32Gb USB plugged in and be able to listen to a music collection!

That's far too easy Ron

Tim.

 

[ronk]

I’m afraid I’m happy to have a 32Gb USB plugged in and be able to listen to a music collection!

That's far too easy Ron

Tim.

I’m all for an easy life to these days!

 

[TitanTim]

I’m afraid I’m happy to have a 32Gb USB plugged in and be able to listen to a music collection!

That's far too easy Ron

Tim.

I’m all for an easy life to these days!

Can't argue there Ron

Tim.