Trawlerman
A British ingredient in our rockin' international gumbo.
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Whats your favourite accessory?
It can be anything audio related but let's exclude Headphones and Headphone Amps as we talk about them every day.
Mine is my Minidisc Titling Unit.
Back in the days before net minidisc and before Minidisc Decks has PS2 keyboard connectors, if you wanted to label a Minidisc that you had written you had to do it very laboriously using eith the handset or the buttons on the machine itself.
This remote keyboard took some of the wear and tear off the machine and significantly speeded up the labeling process.
I remember first seeing this in a SONY INSIDE catalogue. When I enquired about buying one I was told that I couldn't due to it being illegal to use in this country. Apparently it's wavelength clashed with some other frequency that was already allocated so Sony were stopped from selling them here.
I finally got mine when I ordered it with a company in Seattle, WA. It cost me something like $40 USD and then the customs stung me for another $90 USD for import duty so it was hardly a cheap item for me.
Overall it's been a great toy to play with. Although with the advent of Net MD it's become a little redundant.
So what toys does everybody else like?
BTW, I just checked and the price was $75 not $40.
It can be anything audio related but let's exclude Headphones and Headphone Amps as we talk about them every day.
Mine is my Minidisc Titling Unit.
Back in the days before net minidisc and before Minidisc Decks has PS2 keyboard connectors, if you wanted to label a Minidisc that you had written you had to do it very laboriously using eith the handset or the buttons on the machine itself.
This remote keyboard took some of the wear and tear off the machine and significantly speeded up the labeling process.
I remember first seeing this in a SONY INSIDE catalogue. When I enquired about buying one I was told that I couldn't due to it being illegal to use in this country. Apparently it's wavelength clashed with some other frequency that was already allocated so Sony were stopped from selling them here.
I finally got mine when I ordered it with a company in Seattle, WA. It cost me something like $40 USD and then the customs stung me for another $90 USD for import duty so it was hardly a cheap item for me.
Overall it's been a great toy to play with. Although with the advent of Net MD it's become a little redundant.
So what toys does everybody else like?
BTW, I just checked and the price was $75 not $40.