[Technology] iPod - RIP

[The Clamp]

Ah, maybe it’s time for my minidisc player to finally have it’s day in the sun.

 

[Boroseagull]

Oh no! Love mine on shuffle connected to the car system.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

My ipod shuffle, what a useless thing that was

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[BLOCK F]

Still got mine and occasionally use it at home or in the car, but my wife is in charge of music really and is a dab hand at all that as she uses music for her work.
She is trying to sort me out with Spotify, but I haven’t got round to it yet.

 

[BLOCK F]

Blimey, just shows how retro we are in our house - neither my wife or I have ever owned an iPod; we still use CDs and and my wife still plays the occasional cassette. We talked about getting one, but it didn't seem worth it. We also still have a functioning VHS player, next you'll be telling me they don't make those any more ...

I can remember playing a cassette in the first car I had with a cassette player, a Donna Summer album in my Ford Capri back in 1977.
And no, I didn’t have a moustache or a medallion.
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[Robinjakarta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDK3x5lAYI

 

[zefarelly]

Loud “Boooooh”

Don’t use mine anymore as my music is all on my yuppie Iphone (can an old codger be a yuppie?)

I was considering getting a turntable for the Cortina, but a Weber DCOE soundtrack does for me just fine.

 

[zefarelly]

Ah, maybe it’s time for my minidisc player to finally have it’s day in the sun.

I still have a sony walkman in my stash. . . and some monkey muff headphones.

 

[bhafc99]

Sad to see the iPod go, but it's no longer hitting a market need, to be fair.

Most people who want 'music on the go' are happy to now just have it on their phone.

And for the niche market of those that want quality 'music on the go' (because most phones are pretty basic audio quality tbh), there are now far better products. I did that myself – moving from my much-loved but aging iPod to an Astell & Kern SE200 a couple of years ago.

 

[Icy Gull]

I was considering getting a turntable for the Cortina, but a Weber DCOE soundtrack does for me just fine.

Can't find a photo of anything similar but we (my parents) had a mobile record player (45s) that you could use in the car and just slot the single in. It was about 12 inches square and a couple thick with a speaker. Fabulous it was, I clearly remember listening to Sherry by the Four Seasons on it. weird the things you remember from your youth!

Cutting edge at the time

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDK3x5lAYI

I never tire of this

 

[BLOCK F]

I was considering getting a turntable for the Cortina, but a Weber DCOE soundtrack does for me just fine.

Whilst hitch-hiking through Germany on our way down to Italy back in 1966, we got a lift from a couple of guys who had a turntable in their car that played 45’s. We were well impressed.

 

[zefarelly]

Whilst hitch-hiking through Germany on our way down to Italy back in 1966, we got a lift from a couple of guys who had a turntable in their car that played 45’s. We were well impressed.

still is, if it doesn't jump about!

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/amazing-photos-of-a-time-when-cars-had-record-players/

 

[1066familyman]

I have four of them, and more than 17,000 items (some 2+ hours long) saved on four hard drives. The Misery Hour, anyone?

Tried streaming recently and all my latest 'witch house' and 'wave' bollocks is available so I suspect I'm in old man territory. But I love random play and you can't do that by streaming can you? Bowie to Hunters and Collectors, to Existemy, to Fraunhofer Diffraction, to King Sunny Ade, to Gene Loves Jezebel, to Caravan, to Japan? Nah! iPOD forever.

I'm with you on random play and do so regularly on my Cowon and Sony DAP's.

I've never owned an i anything and no intention of ever starting.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

still is, if it doesn't jump about!

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/amazing-photos-of-a-time-when-cars-had-record-players/

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A mate of mine from Lewes Tech had one of those on our trip down to Cornwall in 73'ish. It was portable and sat in the car door!? Terry Jacks still haunts me.

 

[Mellotron]

My iPod Classic Video 120gb is a thing of absolute beauty. One of the best bits of tech I ever invested in.

Seeing the iPod come and go makes me feel old.

 

[zefarelly]

My iPod Classic Video 120gb is a thing of absolute beauty. One of the best bits of tech I ever invested in.

Seeing the iPod come and go makes me feel old.

I guess vinyl having endured from childhood to middle age is a kind of saviour.