On being a mini-audiophile:
So a couple days ago I was on the MTR and I saw someone with an iPhone, and suddenly I started reflecting on how much audio-technology has changed the world... not just for music lovers, but for everyone...
I still remember in lower school and I used to listen to ICRT (taiwan english music channel ..for alan as he doesn't know) and if I liked a song I'd record it on my cassette tape when the DJ started playing it and then i'd get a collection of songs.. and that's sorta like my "mp3's" for that era.. except i could never skip songs and usaully the DJ would talk in the beginning and before the song ended which I hated...
In middle school I still remember I got my first CD player and the brand was Kenwood... now that I think of it, it was a piece of crap cuz I had to hold it real still in my hands while walking to hear my music.. and changing tracks took liek at least 5 seconds.. it was made out cheap plastic and was expensive too i think...
Then the shock-proof cd players came along.. and it was SOOO cool back then..and CD players would be rated on how many seconds of shock proof they could provide... I never really understood that concept.. cuz if they can make it shockproof for 20 seconds.. why can't they make it shockproof for like.. 2 minutes.. or forever...surprisingly they were actually only shockproof for that amount of time.. and if u were running and u bounced ur discman up and down and 20 seconds later u don't hear anything...
I never got a midi-player (i think it sounds for mini-disc player??), but for a while they were the thing... I never owned one so I don't have many memories on it.. I just know you could record tracks onto it from cds... I know for a short short while cd stores in taiwan sold midi-disc (the plastic squares with the cds inside) artist music.. of course I feel bad for anyone who bought that cuz the CD is still around and midi is not...
I think then it was MP3 players.. but i could be wrong.. i know i started using MP3 players in university.. so that's 02'... I think mine could hold a hefty 32M... that's like.. 10 songs. max...
Music-tech is crazy now.. like the iPhone.. iz nuts..everyone has their own playlists.. their own songs
newayz.. just random rambling.. write next time...
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