Released in 1984 this stereo radio cassette recorder has speakers which are moveable, removable and act as it’s battery compartments.

Pic is a screenshot of a Youtube video by the great Techmoan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqc9akDIE_g

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Techmoan immediately came to mind when I saw this.

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That looks so cool, now I want one.

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That is cool as hell, my cassette player was just a black bandaid shaped blob of plastic and metal.

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Now that Techmoan has featured it grab one quick before the price goes up.

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It’s cool, but I’ll pass. Need to save my money for things like shelter, medical care, and food.

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That is beautiful. It looks like it could turn into a robot and start talking to us.

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I wish it could.

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AKAI were wizards back then

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I had a small bookshelf cassette/CD stereo base by them. The sound was AKAI.

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…my wife had a walkman which folded down to the size of a cassette case…

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