I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.

  • Wolf@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Did you have to hide from the T Rex on your way to school?

    I kid. I started out buying records and cassettes, but 8 tracks were “outdated” by the time I was a kid. Though our huge old school “console”* could play 8 tracks and when I was 13 I found my mom’s box of old tapes. She had Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen etc. It was quite the musical education.

    • A console was a giant piece of furniture only slightly smaller than a coffin that had a radio, record player, and speakers built in. It’s what got replaced by the “sleek, modern” units like the one in OPs picture.
    • fritobugger2017@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      We had one of the giant console things but it was just a radio tuner and turntable. The radio tuner had short wave in addition to Am and FM which was pretty cool at the time. One of my uncle’s was more into hifi back then had a reel to reel machine which was rare then and really rare now.

      • Wolf@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        3 days ago

        The radio tuner had short wave in addition to Am and FM which was pretty cool at the time.

        Hell, I still think that is pretty damn cool.