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# And so we commit it's body into the ground...
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:36, archived)
# rubbish
i still have tapes that i play
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:37, archived)
# alas it is the end.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6634553.stm

much like when NME announced the death of vinyl back in about 1993.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:38, archived)
# hmm
it seems home taping will not be killing music after all.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:40, archived)
# alas no
nor shall cd ripping or mp3's be killing an industry with such huge profits.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:41, archived)
# Damn.
you think I should get my Fischer Studio twindeck on ebay this week then?
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:40, archived)
# Do you mean
Fisher Price?
(Northern Lovely, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:41, archived)
# pfft
(Ning Has taken out flounce insurance., Tue 8 May 2007, 14:43, archived)
# haha.
I had some of that as well I think ( or might have been my sister, her being the younger 'un )

I've loads of 70's and 80's hardware. I'm a hoarder of the stuff. Ols analog Marantz amps that can knock socks of my Denon. sigh, they don't make 'em like that any more.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:47, archived)
# I was born in 1982
And I remember holding my first CD (may have been Bat out of Hell) and going 'oooh...the future!!'
(Northern Lovely, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:49, archived)
# when i got my first cd player
i didn't know which way up to put the disc in
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:50, archived)
# the normally print on one side
indicating which way it should go up.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:52, archived)
# even so
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:53, archived)
# I've only had a DVD player for about a year
and it still feels odd not to rewind at the end of every movie...
(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:57, archived)
# I remember the first time I saw 8 track
and thought Jesus, that's cool! I'm a bit older than you ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:55, archived)
# can you still get the valves for them?
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:51, archived)
# I doubt it very much
which saddens me as it kind of stops me using them in case they blow up and I can't use them?? eh?
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:54, archived)
# you actualy can get them i think
they are just more expensive.

i've seen some nice new valve based stereos, but alas they are way out of my price range for a simple home system.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:57, archived)
# I'm sure if I chased
up at RS components there might be stuff available. I'd hope so. It's such a different sound.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:58, archived)
# my old school
had a load of valves knocking around, are they valuable?
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:01, archived)
# I doubt it very much
valves were never cheap but price is all about demand and there is little of that now. Modern valve tech is quite a bit different and the old stuff is not interchangeable.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:04, archived)
# I still use my Marantz equipment
It's true that they don't make 'em like that anymore.
High-street quality amps are certainly miles cheaper than they used to be and on the whole, they sound miles cheaper too.
And speakers? My bit fat Mission 3-ways from 1985 still sound ace.
I remember when this was all fields...
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:01, archived)
# hehe, speakers.
My Jamo 365's are still doing the job some 16 years after I bought them.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:10, archived)
# Was the same with Dixons and film cameras
Yet you can still buy them easily. I don't think the staff are trained to handle difficult questions about anything more than 3 weeks old :)
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:40, archived)
# Best thing with Dixons
is to ignore them. Anyone intrested in film, esp 35mm or above goes to Jessops or similar anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:48, archived)
# Exactly,
though Dixons were idiots at pricing things so you could usually rip them off easily ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:49, archived)
# Jessops is on verge of bankruptcy (I'm waiting for big liquidation sale)
medium format and a scanner is 100 times better than digital camera
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:20, archived)
# That all depends on your digital camera.
I have a few compacts plus an SLR. I have 4 SLR35mm and over 20 lenses collecting dust in the wardrobe. I will never use them again. It's just obsolete.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 16:02, archived)
# I went to skool
with the son of the Jessops 'empire' and for his 18th he got a 911 with plate JES 50P.
(Dr Teeth Who asked you, you fuckin' hobbit?, Tue 8 May 2007, 16:09, archived)
# hahah
i have to admit to thinking that had already happened, back when they stopped selling VCRs
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:41, archived)
# *falls to knees*
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:42, archived)
# i first head that in waynes world 2
and yet, hmv still sell em..
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Pilchard The king of B-movies!, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:43, archived)
# vinyl is worthwhile
but tapes were only ever a stopgap format
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:46, archived)
# just like minidisc
(Bradley from EastEnders, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:59, archived)
# me too.
but thats because the boss went out and bought the only Focus in the world without a cd player.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:38, archived)
# hahaha
i bet he had to pay extra for it's 'retro' stylin'
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:40, archived)
# probably, knowing how wank ford dealers are
i think my sister still has an 8 Track player in the attic. When I finally get my hands on another classic car, i shall be wanting to fit that.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:43, archived)
# if you're going to be putting audio equipment into it
you might want to buy one rather than just putting your hands on it... unless you live in a society with different rules regarding ownership
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:44, archived)
# oh you shit
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:46, archived)
# you know he probably does?
(I helped save b3ta! Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:48, archived)
# ah
you see buying cars is something i avoid. i wait until other people are so sick of them that they are willing to give them away.

the other option i go for is "short term ownership":

pay 50 quid for an imminent MOT failure wreck, run for six to 9 months, weigh it in for 30 quid scrap. bargain!
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:47, archived)
# you shouldn't need to pay to have them scrapped these days
new regs and all that
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:50, archived)
# no....
i take the wreck to the scrappy.
he gives me 30 quid.
the car gets crushed*
profit**!


*neatly disposing of the body in the boot too!
**for a given value of profit.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:53, archived)
# That has not happened in 10 years.
The cheeky bastards make you pat to take it off your hands.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:12, archived)
# I'm with you on that
Living in London, my car was just for heavy shopping and local trips.
My best was a clapped out Rover 213. I bought it for 250 pounds and kept it for almost 4 years. Only replaced the brake pads and chucked in a bit of oil on the odd occassion.
The only reason it failed its MOT was because of rust.
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 8 May 2007, 15:08, archived)
# Yup...*sniff*
100,000 sold last year, 83 million in 1989
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:37, archived)
# Arf!
I have to agree with mictoboy though ;)
Plus now I'll never be able to copy my old tapes that came free with Vox/Q/Select etc in the 90's
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:38, archived)
# everybody does
eventually
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:41, archived)
# Law of averages and all that...
...or is it sod's law? :P
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:42, archived)
# PC tape deck....
www.firebox.com/product/1700?src_t=sbk&src_id=tapedeck

(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:54, archived)
# Oooh! That looks ace.
Though I wonder if you'd end up with a case full of tape if they ever wound out.
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:57, archived)
# WTF is it!!?!?
(Northern Lovely, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:39, archived)
# *sniffs*
*records the wake off the radio*

... it's what he would have wanted
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:39, archived)
# haha
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 8 May 2007, 14:40, archived)
# Arf!
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:43, archived)
# *rewinds with pencil*

*mumbles something about 8-tracks*
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 8 May 2007, 14:40, archived)
# How am I supposed to listen to Big Pig now?
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:41, archived)
# Yeah, and how am I supposed to listen to Betty Boo now
*suddenly feels alone*
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:48, archived)
# how will I copy Manic Miner (for ZX Spectrum 48K)
off my mate now?
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:45, archived)
# puh
get with the times grandad
*plays Jet Set Willy*
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:46, archived)
# I was thinking of something similar....
Thing is, like video, you remeber the happy times, and forget all those times when one got mangled and killed your dreams...
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:49, archived)
# ^this^
rose-tinted specs are great.

All my cassettes got destroyed when I was about twenty, by my (now ex) wife's dogs and kids. The music of my youth (mostly dodgy 80s metal), all those carefully crafted compilations - all gone.

*sobs*

(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:52, archived)
# The hell we do!
My three 80's boomboxes say otherwise
I'll have to buy a bunch of blank tapes before this nonsense reaches sweden

to be honest I usually just use my FM transmitter
connected to an mp3 player, but I still like to
sit on the floor in front of my old stereo and listen to music while I record a mixtape.
(I helped save b3ta! The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 8 May 2007, 14:50, archived)