Post by VickyPost by Pennyin the dust...
Post by VickyMy first deck was handed down from my cousin Edith.
Mine was a relatively huge piece of furniture which contained a wind-up
Wow: I hadn't realised my throwaway line about Garrard turntables would
unleash such an outpouring! Warms the cockles, as it were. (Another make
that was a lot more towards the battleship side if things was BSR, which
stood either for better sound reproduction, or Birmingham sound
reproducers.) FWIW, I now have (though haven't powered since I moved in
here!) a Marantz linear-tracker, with a little (but heavy) Audiologic
amp - and Solavox speakers. Which was a budget make (I think it might
have been an Amstrad alias), but they're infinite baffle rather than
ported, and I'm still using them: they're plugged into my (Deccacolour!)
TV and it's on now.
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Of course, the audiophiles should always heed
or, from many decades later, but with some of the same feeling
Post by VickyPost by PennyMy next was a neat little battery-operated portable which only played 7"
45rpm. I've a vague recollection I swapped something for it at school. I
know I took it camping in my teens. I can't find anything similar on the
net and can't recall what it was called.
I remember seeing those. Must have eaten cells, especially the ones
available in those days.
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Post by VickyAt some time later, possibly for A level results, but I think earlier,
I got a reel to reel tape recorder about 10 ins wide by 3 ins deep by
6 ins high. I used to site the mike next to the radio and record Top
of the Pops each week with Alan Freeman.
Was it one of those that just took tiny reels, with them on one of the
short sides?
Post by VickyWhen I got to university and passsed my driving test and borrowed my
mum's car to take my stuff to university, partly M1, London ->
Sheffield, I had the tape recorder on the passenger seat next to me
and used to change the tapes while driving! I knew it was A Bad Thing
to do.
Wow! Changing _reel to reel_ tapes while driving! They'd have a fit
today ...
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