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.

  • wulrus@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    A setup like this had the feel of luxury and high tech. Not something every upper middle class household afforded, mostly audiophiles.

    I was young and had a JVC stereo cassette player with radio. Attached a discman when the time came.

    As I got older, I started building a Hifi system (Panasonic), but after amp and boxes, the digital era came. Bought a previous gen used tape player for my tapes and attached my 2nd and last discman, and that’s where it’s still at.

    It’s still as I left it. I kept my old tiny apartment as an office, with all that and other 80s & 90s tech in it, and visiting is like time travel. For the era, and my life. Should you ever visit, don’t trip over the BNC cable in the hallway.