They've got it taped

[MyQul]

Hi!
Et tu, MyQul?

Not planning to stab me on the steps of the forum are you, Col? :tinhat:

Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me! (apologies to kenneth williams)

 

[MyQul]

Thought Myqul wouldn't be far away...
Wonder if they'll fetch back dirty magazines?

Any particular reason why you're mentioning my name and mucky mags in the same sentance? (isn't that @Gunge 's area of 'expertise'?)

 

[Clint]

No link....didn't want to double post.

 

[Victor Churchill]

I had yards of C90s on shelves for years ... one by one they became unlistenable (tape caught in the drive and stretched, or else the oxide started flaking off the polyester tape). WIth the latter problem, it did not seem to make much difference whether they were bog standard makes, cheap ones or premium brands. But premium ones were less likely to tangle or stretch. I ended up ditching a suitccase full when we moved house - I regret that now :-(
Still have a nice Pioneer cassette deck, too. I have a mate who buys up old ones put on eBay as spares-or-repair and then sells them on. Quite profitable nowadays!

 

[pvt_ak]

I bought a few Walkmans last summer at boot sales and flogged then for 10x on eBay - funded some of my brewing additions !

 

[Clint]

I hope Myquls Mrs doesn't find out!

 

[MyQul]

I hope Myquls Mrs doesn't find out!

<Taps side of nose> Only if you tell her, Clint, me old china

 

[Cwrw666]

Tip: if a cassette has been standing unused for years don't just stick it in a cassette player and expect it to play properly. Fast forward it to the end and rewind back to the beginning. Especially important if the tape hasn't been played to the end the last time.
It helps stop the reels jamming and the tape winding out.

 

[Gunge]

Years ago, under circumstances I cannot recall, I acquired, for free, a 1973 Marantz turntable. It remains the most beautiful, fascinating piece of equipment for those inclined that way, with a sound so beguiling, pure and mellifluous that CD lovers, should they hear it, spend the rest of their days sobbing at their collection of jewel cases and wondering 'why'? Inferior examples of said article very occasionally turn up online for £1500 +....

 

[Clint]

You are the forums Arthur Negus!

 

[MyQul]

You are the forums Arthur Negus!

I was hoping more for Arthur Daley

 

[Clint]

 

[Dutto]

Vinyl was great but not when SWMBO "tidied up" (yet again) and this time decided that the LP rack and its 20 albums would look better "over there".

"Over there" was a position opposite the hot-air blower that provided the central heating in the lounge and that evening the LP rack became a graveyard of twisted LP's that could never be played again; so I bought a Toshiba two-deck tape player instead!

Happy Days?

 

[Dutto]

I love this Forum because even the disabled amongst us can have their say.

.......... vinyl was, is, and forever will be the way for audio quality. .......

Even the profoundly deaf apparently!

 

[Gunge]

I love this Forum because even the disabled amongst us can have their say.



Even the profoundly deaf apparently!

Isn't that an affliction of mainly old people?

 

[Clint]

Eh?

 

[Dutto]

Isn't that an affliction of mainly old people?

Yes, plus those who think vinyl is the be-all and end-all of sound reproduction!

 

[Bigcol49]

Years ago, under circumstances I cannot recall, I acquired, for free, a 1973 Marantz turntable. It remains the most beautiful, fascinating piece of equipment for those inclined that way, with a sound so beguiling, pure and mellifluous that CD lovers, should they hear it, spend the rest of their days sobbing at their collection of jewel cases and wondering 'why'? Inferior examples of said article very occasionally turn up online for £1500 +....

Hi!
Ah! Do I hear the voice of the truly obsessed?

PS I can't remember the last time I heard the words "beguiling" and "mellifluous" as I strolled around the quaint leafy lanes and byways of Barnsley.

 

[Gunge]

Hi!


PS I can't remember the last time I heard the words "beguiling" and "mellifluous" as I strolled around the quaint leafy lanes and byways of Barnsley.

What, you ain't been to Cawthorne? They have 'scons' with their tea there, y'know.

 

[stephen1546]

Taping the charts every Sunday whilst trying not to record the Djs voice. Great times, I still have a few Madness tapes, would never bin them.