Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now?

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  @TheVerge · 1 year ago · pinned

  What other retro tech should we look into?

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  @laidtorest387 · 1 year ago

  My 11 year old son asked us for a $10 AM/FM alarm clock radio for his room. He has it set so that at 6:30am it goes off and he really enjoys laying in bed and listening to FM radio. I find it so odd because we have family spotify and Youtube music, he can literally listen to anything he wants at any time, but he doesnt. He just enjoys listening to whatever comes on the radio at the time. I could 100% see him being over the moon if he recieved one of these walkmans as a gift.

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• L4

  @l4ndst4nder · 1 year ago

  Absolutely love hearing companies talk about the weaknesses of their design and how they improved it as best they can. Serious respect to Fiio and We are Rewind.

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  @TrịnhKimCang · 1 year ago

  I'll support these products solely for how transparent they are in admitting the flaws of their products and what they are doing to make the best out of what they can get. Also, if you want a new and modern cassette player, there are no other options from big electronics manufacturers. I'm so glad these companies exist.

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  @MultiMaker_Studios · 1 year ago

  Sometimes it's just crazy how fast something can be revolutionary and popular, then be lost and reattempted or revived but not to the quality of prior.

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  @crushablepaper1570 · 1 year ago

  After ripping tape decks out of cars to install aftermarket Bluetooth decks for many years, hearing you say bluetoothing the tape decks to my car made my head spin

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  @Yaw-Major · 1 year ago

  This was a good take on tech. It’s hard to imagine that we can lose the “recipes” so quickly, but it’s so real. Idk how many companies are one old-timer or supplier away from breaking their supply chain.

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  @haydenbush · 1 year ago

  The fact he mentioned vwestlife is insane. He’s been doing videos for almost 2 decades and there all home video style. That’s awesome.

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• SE

  @seanriordan6726 · 1 year ago

  Techmoan getting a shout out. You love to see it 😊

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• KV

  @KvL92 · 1 year ago

  This really shows the value of taking care of technology that is popular/current at the time, because it's unlikely to come back in the same state or quality.

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• 6I

  @6IGNITION9 · 1 year ago

  &quot;Why can&apos;t we just continue where we left off?&quot;<br>There&apos;s a great on this subject called Preventing The Collapse of Civilization by Jonathan Blow:<br>(1) Progress isn&apos;t automatic, we need to make it happen. <br>(2) Often, civilizations forget how to do or make things. <br>Progress jumps backwards, and that knowledge is lost, sometimes forever.

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  @lukasegeling5205 · 1 year ago

  Even though I collect CDs, I actually don&apos;t use them often. I simply rip them to FLAC files and copy them onto a 512 GB card in my phone. This way, I can get full CD quality without lugging around bulky stuff. The CDs themselves are still a nice visual representation of my music collection.

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