shortcolinMar 27
@Cloudscout Your post about minidiscs inspired me to make a blog post: https://pointinthecloud.com/2026-03-27-134200.html
Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27

@shortcolin Nice work on the repairs!

I was all-in on Minidisc back in the late 90s and recently started listening to them again as part of my physical media rotation (CD, Cassette, MD, vinyl, DAT, etc.)

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@Cloudscout I am curious about DAT as that is another thing that passed me by. I have a DAT tape but the players are expensive now.

I don't know why but I like the optical 3.5mm connection to record from CD. "The music is turned into light?!" Is one of those statements that I simultaneously understand and yet am mind blown by...

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Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27
@shortcolin I got my first DAT deck, a Sony DTC-670, from a coworker back in the early 90s. I sold it 9 years ago when I upgraded to a DTC-ZE700. Then, 2 years ago, I got a portable TCD-D8 that was “untested” but turned out to work perfectly. I bring it to work and listen to random DAT tapes I got in a big eBay lot.