Dying or dead features from the past

[CnoEvil]

Which reminds me:-

The Garrard Zero 100 turntable. It had a rod attached to a pivoting headshell to keep the offset correct across the whole record (in theory anyway). Never seen the like of it since.

After a frantic bit of Googling, I have dug up that my father owned a Garrard Laboratory Series Type A.......which can be found doing its thing on youtube - amazing.

 

[MajorFubar]

It was the quality from the likes of Nakamichi, along with the advent of chrome tapes, that sounded its death knell.

They were certainly some factors. But bigger still, I'd say, was that not enough audiophiles wanted a competing cartridge-based system which probably still didn't sound as good as their open-reel, while the 'chattering masses' were perfectly happy with the size, convenience and sound of Compact Cassette.

 

[CnoEvil]

It was the quality from the likes of Nakamichi, along with the advent of chrome tapes, that sounded its death knell.

They were certainly some factors. But bigger still, I'd say, was that not enough audiophiles wanted a competing cartridge-based system which probably still didn't sound as good as their open-reel, while the 'chattering masses' were perfectly happy with the size, convenience and sound of Compact Cassette.

More than likely. What I didn't know, is that there was a portable version known as the EL-D8 (along with normal models of EL- 4;5;7 and D9)

 

[MajorFubar]

Indeed, though it's probably more fair to call it 'transportable' than portable 😀. There are pics of it on Google Images.

 

[steve_1979]

cd players :wave:

Good one