look at what I found
 

I was going through some things from old times and:

http://cloud2.todocoleccion.net/radi...9/32886802.jpg

(photo from Internet)

I see these are still selling:
New Sony Wm FX323 Walkman Am FM Stereo Cassette Tape Player SEALED | eBay

Should I throw it away or wait 40 years and make big bucks on collectors item? :winkwink::1orglaugh

It is probably collector already :)

Maybe, but just small bucks:
WM-FX323 | eBay

I guess, might be worth to wait a bit more :)

I remembered the Sony Mini Disc player which I thought was so cool at the time

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc

Still looks sexy after all these years :)

good old walkman :thumbsup

God, I don't even know if I was born :)

you should sell it on Ebay :)

Check the sold listings on ebay. They don't actually sell for much more than $20. You'll always see the odd person post them for ridiculous prices but they almost never sell.

Yea if its function sale it on ebay you wont get reach but i will get some dolla

So why do people buy them? That many collectors? Or people still buy it for regular use?

Great brand, I bet it still works.

I have a couple friends that are in cassette tapes collectors clubs. They have pretty big collections. I have another friend who has a small death metal music label that only produces cassette tapes.

Nostalgia? Not sure.

i threw away my walkmans but i still have a sony discman in the box.

Wow.
How many do they sell? And do bands agree to this deal? Or do they release cd/mp3 elsewhere and use this as an extra sales channel?

I just don't get the desire to collect cassettes. I still have maybe a thousand collectin' dust in boxes...but I just haven't gotten around to adding them to the landfill. Worst music format ever (well, 'cept for maybe 8-track). Prone to oxide drop-outs, tapes snapping, slow fast-forward and rewind. And you can tinker with the azimuth on the playback head for hours and still not get it sounding right.

But...death metal probably ain't for audiophiles anyways. :winkwink:

I'm more old school.. In 84 or 85 I had a sony discman

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discman

I was a freshman in high school

Hahaha, amazing... :) How good that thing was man... :) :thumbsup

this should be on History Channel:)

After we moved I found a box of old stuff like TRS-80 floppy drives, a TRS-80 cassette recorder, and a Sony walkman too, all from the late 70's. So cool.

Congratz to you! :upsidedow

Useless i think

Casettes were my first format so just curious - how was fast forward before casettes?

i found my dick for a few moments the other day... :)

then it disappeared under rolls of fat and i havent seen it since... :(