....such a cool site.....
Stuff that I found:
This was the very last cassette deck that Philips made in it's traditional "deck" format. I bought one of those new in, I think it was a super-market, who had probably bought them at dump-prices and sold them for likewise prices....I can still feel how every control felt to operate...
Those LEDs were SO cool then:
I also had this "inherited" from my grandparents:
Since I also had "inherited" the old Akai Receiver from my parents, I used this as a tuner only. The Akai had the "better" amp section but this Philips beat the Akai easily in tuner-sound....
At that time my parents had upgraded to this Sony:
....one of the very few Sony devices that never failed at our or my home AFAIR (I never buy anything Sony anymore....)
They also had this pick-up....not too bad, but not really great either....
This one seems to have an upgraded plateau, I remember it was much lower...
I also had a Philips reel-to-reel recorder. Although not a top-deck, it smoked the compact cassette sound....
I was amazed to see this picture again:
Had that too ! Used to edit reel-to-reel tape..... Inside:
On top you see the plexi "cutting table", to the right some simple "shaver blades" to make the cuts.....so cool !
I think about every home had this BITD:
I know we're totally drifting of, but hey, it's "my" thread...
Another cool site:
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalog_directory.htmlAll Radio Shack catalogs. The 80's one's have some nice goodies for our hand-held fans
