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kal
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kal
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Curt Palme
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Langley, BC
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Nice! Video got better, audio construction quality got worse over time, save for the audiophile stuff. Remember that all the lower end stuff ended up putting in LED lights on everything... 5-7 band eqs with fluorescent displays were the norm. Looks like that shop stuck to the higher end stuff... save for the Sanyo Walkman.  \
I bought an Akai GX630 reel to reel in grade 11 (1980) for $1000 CDN, money gained by fixing and selling CRT TVs. I still have it, haven't used it in a decade, but guaranteed it will fire up fine.
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garyfritz
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Location: Fort Collins, CO
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US inflation since 1983 was 2.5x -- so e.g. that $1300 Beta deck would be $3250 in today's dollars with that same inflation rate.
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AnalogRocks
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Thanks for posting this, it reminded me that I need more TDK Cassettes, I'm running low.
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WanMan
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| garyfritz wrote: | | US inflation since 1983 was 2.5x -- so e.g. that $1300 Beta deck would be $3250 in today's dollars with that same inflation rate. |
But this is an ad for Canada which means the true costs were only 30% of that figure. 
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kal
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jbmeyer13
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| kal wrote: | Worked all summer painting to pay for it. I was 16.
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I wonder what kids nowadays would be willing to work all Summer for? My first year out of a college and I spent nearly every dime I made on two things: paying off my college loan and a Pioneer CLD-99 LD player. Just put it in my rack yesterday;-)
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jbltecnicspro
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| jbmeyer13 wrote: | | kal wrote: | Worked all summer painting to pay for it. I was 16.
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I wonder what kids nowadays would be willing to work all Summer for? My first year out of a college and I spent nearly every dime I made on two things: paying off my college loan and a Pioneer CLD-99 LD player. Just put it in my rack yesterday;-) |
iPhones.  And iPads, and other garbage they don't need.
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