My very first stereo system was a
"Jet Emerson 888" with 8 transistors in it that captured the one local station, and at night I could pull in 2 distant stations about 120 miles away. Made of plastic, a dull brown colour, with an on/off button, and a volume one, along with one hearing aid-type ear bud. A wonder of small electronics , that amazed the world, including me! The only trouble was trying to get the money to buy the 9V batteries to feed it! Another downfall was that most singers sounded like Mickey Mouse.
As time went on, the transistor radios got bigger with more knobs, some with even a tone control, like the next for me being a
Norelco, that was heavy but wouldn't break if you dropped it, because it had a leather cover. The sound was a lot better now.
Then, they added a cassette player into the fray, and I remember saving up and getting a... think it was a
Panasonic with 2 speakers and 2 separate tweeters even! Not sure if they worked, but I could now brag about the enhanced sound. Right!
I backed off when they got into the
"Ghetto Blaster" stage, wherein you could get a work out, just carrying the thing around with at least 4 speakers, two cassette players, and more knobs/switches/meters you knew what to do with. They were massive!
Finally ended up with a German
"Blaupunkt" that had the dual function of being able to use it as a portable or to be used 12V in a car. It sounded better than most fixed car stereos at the time.
Today, got the
Walkman A45, high res DAP that puts all the past behind me. Ain't science great?
Q