old tech
I recently listened to an audiobook on actual cassette tapes. When I worked at Harvard, I kept a portable cassette player and CD player in my locker so that I could listen to audiobooks in whatever format I got from the library. Now, it made lots of sense to use portables at work, but now that I"m not at work but I'm sort of stuck on audiobooks for this series (Sharpe), so how to listen to them at home?
My tape player is very old, like 2000 or earlier. It has been dropped multiple times. The sound is kinda wonky. If I had an alternative, I wouldn't use the portable at home. BUT, no one else in my house has a tape player, of any kind. So, obviously my alternative is my portable with external speakers and power source. Problem: my tape player needs a particularly small DC adapter. My household has dozens of AC adapters, but only one DC adapter that I've been able to find...and it's too big (it does work with my CD player).
All this is a lead up to reminiscing about old tech. When you use a tape player on batteries, it will keep working, at progressively lower levels of excellence, long after a CD player.
My tape player is very old, like 2000 or earlier. It has been dropped multiple times. The sound is kinda wonky. If I had an alternative, I wouldn't use the portable at home. BUT, no one else in my house has a tape player, of any kind. So, obviously my alternative is my portable with external speakers and power source. Problem: my tape player needs a particularly small DC adapter. My household has dozens of AC adapters, but only one DC adapter that I've been able to find...and it's too big (it does work with my CD player).
All this is a lead up to reminiscing about old tech. When you use a tape player on batteries, it will keep working, at progressively lower levels of excellence, long after a CD player.