We haven't seen many Marantz receivers with this interesting black and silver color combination. This one's an MR215, made from 1978 to 1980. It delivered a modest 18 watts per channel and offered a multitude of features, but sadly, no Gyro-Touch Tuning! Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Kotivalo.
This Denon DP-51f has to be one of the most beautiful turntables ever. Made between 1982 and 1983, it was fully automatic and featured quartz direct drive and a "servo tracer tonearm," some kind of means of electronically controlling its behavior, we imagine. Courtesy of Vintage Chief.com.
Remember MiniDisc? Didn't think so. This ill-fated recordable format was introduced by Sony in 1992 as an alternative to cassette tape. It was popular in Japan and Asia; not so much in the US. Production of MiniDisc recorder/players hung on until 2013, and believe it or not, Sony continued to make MiniDisc media until this year. Here's a Sony MDS-S40, courtesy of Vintage Chief.
Yes, this album exists and yes, your editor has a copy.
Home recording, 1930 style. She didn't need a MiniDisc recorder/player! Radio Craft magazine, December 1930.
