Keeping old electronics/gadgets, yay or nay?

[Lioness~]

I throw them away

Bingo!
I have no nostalgia regarding stuff, it's just stuff.
I really don't have anything left regarding anything that is in the past. When I don't have energy stored in the past, I don't need to have it in the future either.
The only reality is here and now!

 

[satcomer]

Yea whom would want a hockey puck mouse!

 

[Allyance]

I sold all types of 8-Track players and cassette decks for cars back in their day. 8-Tracks were never awesome, the were horrible, they failed all the time. The tape had to coated with graphite on the back because the tape was fed out of the center and wound around the outside on return. Each layer was constantly sliding against the previous layer. Cassette were ok for the time, but lacked the frequency response and dynamic range of a CD, without the hiss. I am sure poorly made players skipped once in a while, but sound was a 100 times better.

 

[Silencio]

I had a larger "archive" when I had more space to store it in. However, several moves and the realization that these things weren't getting used led me to get rid of much of the old gear. The only Apple-related archival items I have now are a couple of iPods and 2 or 3 of my favorite iPhone models, but those are all pretty compact and fit in a small box. And my eMate 300: a gorgeous piece of industrial design I still like to pull out and show to people.

I saved a lot of space by getting rid of my CD jewel cases and putting the discs and booklets into binders. The only physical media I play anymore, though, are vinyl records, and I am very careful to only buy my absolute favorite music on vinyl to keep my collection from getting too unwieldy.

I also really love books, but between my wife and I, it's been a struggle to whittle down our collection. I proposed that we get rid of all paperback books and perhaps buy hardcover editions of those books that are truly special to us. I also love art and design books, which are big and heavy but very satisfying to pull off the shelf and thumb through. Maybe I'll never fulfill my dream of having a dedicated reading room with comfy chairs and floor to ceiling shelves stocked with great books.

 

[eyoungren]

When it comes to cars, consider what tapes were replacing, tapes were AWESOME, and for several years after CDs were out, tapes were still better. CDs skipped when you looked at your car wrong, until they added memory. Even with memory, it took years until you could drive without a skip.

Personally I think CDs were one of the worst medias for cars. To me after tapes, the next good media for cars were mini-discs (never really picked up in the US) then USB/Flash.

There was a period of time where 50-100 CD changers were a thing. They were installed in your car's trunk, you loaded them up, and the controller was either integrated into your stereo or you got a separate remote added to the dash.

So much techno junk now considering all you need is either Apple or Android services to stream music from your device - or an AUX cable. But I really wanted one of those trunk CD units as a 20 something back in the 90s.

 

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