Millennial nostalgia
Millennial nostalgia
slaps stereo this bad boy can fit so many CD's in it
Bonus burnout revenge music: https://youtu.be/H0h1suV_l4Q
RETVRN
But in all seriousness, anyone else totally turned off/worried by the massive turn towards streaming music rather than owning physical media or even mp3s?
MP3s were the height of music in the sense that you could have as much music as you wanted, and you owned it. Downside is supposedly the quality of the audio isn’t as good as physical (idk I’m not an audiophile but that’s what they say) point is MP3s were goated and my only regret in life is I didn’t steal more music (there will never be enough music to steal)
Eh I just pirated and burned onto CDs, can still do that if I want but there’s really no point
I still collect records, and a lotta people I know collect them and tapes as well. I don't listen to much mainstream music so I can find a LOT of what I listen to in vinyl format. Even then I know a lot of pop artists started releasing music on it as well. Why does streaming worry you?
I mean, ignoring how ecologically wasteful it is, just look at the all the issues we're having with other digital content; Books and games being removed from markets and people's libraries, popularity dictated by the controlling companies elevating their preferred content, old games lost to time because companies keep attacking emulators. If you don't have your own copy of something that you can control, whether physical or digital, you don't own it.
I've never owned any audio cds, and only a couple movie dvds from a clearance bin. If I want something on physical media I burn it myself.
i choose to be turned off/worried by the ongoing end of complex life on earth but you do you
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I still use a stereo much like this with my TV. I also plug it into my DJ decks for house parties and use it as the speakers for that. No I am not joking.
Maximalist late 90s early 00s design was so cool. I hate how everything now is minimal or pastel. I want garish and hideous because it actually makes me feel something.
The LCD panels on these things were art. The animations and colours unmatched. Turning one on felt like turning on a serious bit of machine that went beep boop. Tech doesn't make me think that of it anymore just silent boxes of disappointment
I live with this vibe. The wiring in my car isn't... great. So my car radio still has the in store Fast and Furious style sales animation that cycles between cars racing on a overpass with a traffic light or something (?) and like 5 frames of someone kicking a soccer ball into a goal. All on like a 360 x 160 all blue pixel display. And it plays constantly while I drive!
They weren't LCDs!! They were these very cool things https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_fluorescent_display
CD's NUTS
I had to do a double take because I thought that thing was photoshopped lmao, I forgot how ridiculous these things looked.
Hitting rec and play at the same time on those tape decks
I'll make you a mixtape but it'll be on a minidisc. Damn why did they look so edible?
Yim yum
it's beautiful 😍
i actually split my ps1/ps2 av cord so i could route the audio thru one of these bad boys. good times.
stuff like this was supposed to evoke the future but now it just evokes 2002
and the actual future is just a series of glossy black rectangles with zero buttons
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Memories of hitting the bass boost button and listening to Dr Dre until my friend's mom yelled at us. Good times.
I started collecting CDs recently. They are usually cheaper than vinyl secondhand. And I think they sound better. I hate not owning the music. And it just reminds me of being a teenager in 2014-2015 and hanging out with friends just to listen to an album and smoke weed.
