sony

Remember those legends about ‘digital recording on VCRs’ back in the 80’s??

(image source) As a kid, before the DAT deck was available, I vaguely remember talk about 'so and so mixes…

11 years ago

The Sony D-88 ‘Pocket Discman’ of 1988

Here's an odd lil curiosity for ya: in 1988, SONY made a tiny discman sized to play the ill-fated 3"…

11 years ago

Also… check out THIS crazy fkkn tape deck (Sony edition)

Download the original 6pp catalog for the Sony TC-K88B cassette deck c. 1979: DOWNLOAD: Sony_TC_K88B Man this is a beautiful…

11 years ago

Some interesting mid-60s broadcast mics

Today: just a round-up of some broadcast mics that caught my eye for some or another reason:  above, the 'Stanford-Omega'…

12 years ago

Forgotten Formats: The Elcaset

Here's the thing about experimental anything.  Experimental music, experimental writing, experimental technology: if it really, truly is experimental, that means…

12 years ago