Goodbye Walkman!

[celticsfan1983]

Wow, I read the article, you’re right that they bashed us! I was so mad that I immediately felt guilty for breathing oxygen. I mean, isn’t that the same thing that leftist atheists do? Breathe to stay alive? Argh, I’ve become one of them!

In all seriousness, the quote was fair game: Even back then, it was a little looney to think that a Walkman would corrupt, when it also had the potential to open up a new world of Christian music. It’s that backwards, scared of the world and technology mindset that gives us Christians a bad name, and it’s a mindset I want nothing to do with.

If God didn’t like innovation, we wouldn’t have books to print Bibles on! Scrolls can be a little cumbersome!

But back to the original thought. God bless the Walkman!

 

[cyberkotic]

Don’t Leave Your Records In The Sun

youtube.com/watch?v=AMI5wR2P9jQ

 

[Joe_5859]

I like cassettes better than cds because, while the sound might not be as good, I’ve never scratched a cassette. You stare at a compact disc for six seconds and the thing gets a scratch.

Good quality sound (not nearly as good as vinyl), but CDs are way too delicate.

I have bought several hundred CDs over the past twenty years and not one of them is scratched. I’m anal, though, so that helps. A CD is in the player when it is playing and when it is not, it is in the jewel case. And it is only ever handled by the edges.

 

[siturc]

NOOO! I had my Walkman for about 4 years now but it finally bit the dust recently. I was looking forward to getting another walkman too

 

[The_Reginator]

Don’t Leave Your Records In The Sun

youtube.com/watch?v=AMI5wR2P9jQ

A friend from university liked to tell the story of how he and his brothers saved up to buy “Bookends Theme” by Simon & Garfunkel.
On the way home they left it on the shelf in the back seat of the car.

Walkmans and empty-tree players are convenient, but for real sound give me a nice big old stereo system any day!
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[Holly3278]

I honestly thought you were talking about walkie talkies there for a minute!

 

[The_Reginator]

You stare at a compact disc for six seconds and the thing gets a scratch.

Good quality sound (not nearly as good as vinyl), but CDs are way too delicate.

I treat my CDs as delicately as I treat my LPs.
LPs scratch much more easily. Especially considering that to play an LP you slide a hard diamond through a soft vinyl spiral!

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That’s my model – Dual CS-505