@supersense_mastercuts will change how you think about “vinyl sound”.
Visit MASTERCUT.MUSIC to discover these limited run gems.
Analog Master Tapes, cut in real time onto lacquer discs are the closest thing you’ll get to owning a master tape. It’s guaranteed to be the real thing, and lacquer discs have less noise than a tape copy. And next to no clicks and pops.
Supersense make these in Vienna from archival studio tapes and live recordings, with no additional mastering. No gimmicks. Just raw, analog performances from some of the world’s greatest artists.
Discover how fantastic these sound watching the deep dive video on Technostalgism on YouTube.
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The #Sony #WM-DD100 #Walkman, marketed as Boodo Khan, arrived in 1987 as a variant of the WM-DD2 disc drive platform. The name is a phonetic nod to Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan arena, and the unit shipped with oversized headphones (the DR-S100, a rebadged DR-S3 with Boodo Khan branding) at a time when most portable audio was racing toward smaller, lighter earbuds. It retailed for ¥38,000 in Japan, positioning it firmly as a flagship.
The defining addition was DOL (Dynamic Optimum Loudness), a loudness contour circuit implemented on a discrete-component daughterboard. Unlike a static bass boost, DOL amplifies both low and high frequencies on a curve that tracks output level: maximum compensation at quiet listening, tapering as volume rises. The approach would later resurface across Sony’s lineup as Mega Bass, and at Aiwa as DSL, but the DD100’s circuit predates both. Underneath, the DD mechanism’s quartz-locked disc drive capstan and Dolby B decoding carried over unchanged from the DD2. #cassette
The 1982 Akai GX-F91 hid its many wonders behind this mechanised door, because... robots were the future and minimalism came knocking on Akai’s door early.
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#Akai #gxf91 #analog #cassette #hifi vintagestyle
Sanyo CP-12 "pocket" CD player from 1987. 730 grams of digital sound made mobile without compromise.
16 tracks program, tiny display, rechargeable battery.
#Sanyo #CDPlayer #RetroTech #DigitalAudio #Discman
How did we edit audio before computers? Long before waveforms and “undo” buttons, cutting audio meant using a literal razor blade on magnetic tape.
In this video, I attempt professional tape splicing for the first time using the legendary Lyrec PTR-1 “Frida” studio deck. We explore why professional machines have specific ‘edit’ modes, the tools required for a perfect splice, and the high-stakes reality of destructive editing.
#ReelToReel #AnalogAudio #Lyrec #VintageGear #StudioRecording
The best and last Sony MiniDisc Walkman the MZ-RH1, is the crowning achievement of the format.
Launched in 2006, less than a year before the iPhone, and 6 years after the iPod, it finally got everything right. No more annoying copy protection and support for uncompressed audio and mp3.
This thin, portable recording studio supports the 1GB Hi-md discs for 100 minutes of uncompressed audio or 8 hours of the best quality ATRAC compression had to offer.
It’s also the only MiniDisc that let you transfer audio freely to and from a PC. And, it could double as a USB drive.
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#sony #minidisc #walkman #nostalgia #music
The O’casse - Open cassette was created by TEAC to solve a problem nobody had.
Why carry large and heavy cassettes when you could just have one shell with multiple tiny reels?
♥️ You all and thanks for tagging along!
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#cassette #walkman #vintageaudio #retrotech #vintageculture
The Sony ICF-2001D (ICF-2010) is a piece of Cold War espionage history. Released in 1985, its synchronous detection made it the ultimate tool for spies intercepting number stations and DXers hunting weak signals. It still puts modern radios to shame today.
Did your family own one? Let me know in the comments.
#Sony #ICF2001D #ICF2010 #Shortwave #Radio
The Sony PS-F9 “Flamingo” is the turntable cool kids would need today. Flats are smaller, listen via headphones, no need for external preamps. Just a simple, gorgeous turntable. And don’t tell me about the Soundburger! Who wants a record played by a greasy burger that can’t be stood upside to marvel at the record?
Sony got it right, just a few decades too early.
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#sony #psf9 #turntable #hifi #analogaudio
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This is the Technics RS-686D / DS (D-86 in Japan) from 1977. Marketed as a “Carrying Deck” because it condensed full-sized component performance into a compact 3kg (with batteries) chassis.
Unlike other portables of the era, this features a unique 3-head system allowing for simultaneous recording and monitoring in the field with a special Mono head just for that.
It was built for professionals and serious enthusiasts, featuring an anti-rolling transport mechanism and a dedicated limiter for live recording.
A heavy-duty example of the “dense” engineering Technics was famous for.
#Technics #RS686D #Cassette #Analog #Tape CassetteCulture PortableAudio VintageAudio
“Nagra” means “It Records” And for 50 years, nothing has recorded quite like the Nagra IV-S.
Hand-built in Switzerland (1971), this is the machine that captured the 20th Century—from The Shining to Pink Floyd.
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#nagra #reeltoreel #tape #vintageaudio #analog
