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- From: David Brady <Brady_David@Tandem.Com>
- Subject: Portable record players (Was Re: Sony's CD advertising)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.175443.9455@tandem.com>
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- References: <zarthac.715810017@camelot> <18k3g5INNomp@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <1992Sep9.151145.25486@bilver.uucp> <1992Sep9.183912.8333@portal.vpharm.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:54:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.183912.8333@portal.vpharm.com> David A. Pearlman,
- dap@portal.vpharm.com writes:
- >On the subject of portable record players, do people remember the
- >Sony record "walkmen" that they made briefly in the early '80's? Did
- >anyone ever actually buy one?
-
- I acquired one from the Federated Group 8 or 9 years ago when my dad
- bought a whole bunch of stuff. (They gave it to him free and had no use
- for it.) I can't quite remember the manufacturer (it wasn't Sony), but
- it was called "Mister Disc". It was great for me at the time since it
- was small and would fit into my college apartment room easily. It was
- portable in the sense that it could run on batteries, was very small,
- included a soft carrying case and had a headphone/volume jack. It had no
- special features to allow it to be used while in motion. It was
- basically a record player with a very small platter (about 4" across).
- Once I got the tone arm adjusted - it had both weight and anti-skate
- controls - and replaced the cartridge with a better one it sounded pretty
- good.
-
- It matched up well with my small portable stereo and in later years
- complemented my setup's portable CD system. A complete stereo system in
- a desk drawer! (It should be noted, however, that I don't use it any
- longer out of respect to my beloved vinyl LPs.)
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- Remember, David Brady IS Lee Harvey!
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