I was attacked in a Staples today!

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Northern_Lights_2@reddit

But where will you get the CD’s to play on it?

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Northern_Lights_2@reddit

Ahahaha mixed tape CD’s. I used to make them all the time! But how will you burn them?

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They do. I bought one not long ago because I have a couple of boxes of CD's that need burned and DVD's I like to watch, not to mention an entire collection of CD's I still listen to now and then just because I can.

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XxFezzgigxX@reddit

I had this bad boy. If you so much as breathed on it, your music would start skipping. Plus, it could suck down two AA batteries in an hour.

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akela9@reddit

I can't tell how big this is. I always got tech late because what we could afford my dad got it, first. So my first portable when everyone else my age was using a sleek Sony Discman was about the size of a shoebox and weighed as much as a brick. The quality was so bad that was much as I wanted to play CD's, I just... Didn't. 😂

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Xxochitll@reddit

I can relate but my sister got everything first and I got it when she got something better. 🙄 I got my first radio when I was in 6th grade.

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here4dambivalence@reddit

You make me wonder if they at least made the Aiwa rechargeable, or if they're going to take us for every last pair of AA batteries we own every 2-3 CDs...

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LoungeFly1984@reddit

My ONLY cd player was an AIWA back in 1996. No anti-skip… I was the only person who could hold it just at the right angle and it would never skip. I used it until 2003. Excellent, quality build! Memories!

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IanCrapReport@reddit

"retro": Those are fighting words if my back wasn't killing me

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PinSufficient5748@reddit

...the disrespect

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Don-Poltergeist@reddit

Looks like they went defunct in 2002, song bought the right and sat on it until 2017 when some of the original people from the company bought the name back from Sony.

SAUCE

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RealityOk9823@reddit

Was just reading that. Might be decent then?

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redtesta@reddit

Omg grab it!!!

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magsli@reddit

The Zs and Alphas are into CDs now. Look at this: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrfUBxdx/

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Embarrassed-Bike3450@reddit

AIWA the 🐐out here still making money!

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit

I had two Aiwa AV receivers back in the day! They were such good value for the money.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit

I hate that this is "retro" now so much.

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_NoleFan6@reddit

I had the Aiwa CA-DW550U (googled it lol) home cd player. I miss that thing

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Agreeable-Chart-5561@reddit

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fixxer_s@reddit

If it was a shelf system with a multi disc tray, I would want one. I tired the whole multi format with a turntable, and I just could not get it to work OR give a shit about vinyl. Give me the 'load all 5 Green Day albums, hit suffle, relax and enjoy' anyday!

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Themoosemingled@reddit

Panasonic shockwave or it doesn’t count.

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Shirkaday@reddit

Discman (or "CD Walkman") or nothing for me!

I had the OG "Car Discman" and later various iterations the "car ready" "CD Walkman" ... which no one ever called it, hence the quotes. It's a Discman. Bass boost and mad high ESP! Thing could fly around inside the car on sharp turns and be fine.

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Themoosemingled@reddit

My parents got a watchman! God did I love that thing.

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rulenumber62@reddit

This was my Aiwa: https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/s/AGnBq71Qkf

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1ndomitablespirit@reddit

I'd totally buy one of their bookshelf stereos again if I could. They don't even have to change the design. We shouldn't need a subwoofer to hear some bass.

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Lowspark1013@reddit

I had one with a turntable on top. Only used it to pretend DJ scratching records. I had a 45 of Walk this Way Run DMC and Aerosmith. Which had its own recorded scratching. So I was really going Meta.

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SmittyComic@reddit

that cd player back in late 90s early 2000s would have been $59.99 - $99.99

and we would have wanted it so bad, but got the Philco for $49.99

then paid $18.99 for a CD of a band we only liked two songs on

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Lowspark1013@reddit

Yeah this $29 is cheap AF.

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TraditionalTackle1@reddit

I worked at Target from 2000-2005 in electronics and we had an entire aisle of portable CD players around this time of year. We had a sony one that was $120. People would buy the cheap audivox that were $20 and break a day after the warranty expired lol.

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SmittyComic@reddit

headphones that one side would go out on the same day you opened it.

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

Would 100% buy this if I saw it too.

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distortedview@reddit

Poor aiwa. Look what they did to you!

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SemicolonGuitars@reddit

This makes me want to fling poop like a feral orangutan.

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aceshighsays@reddit

i hope it can play files because then i'll be able to listen to the mixes i made in the late 90's.

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Pooleh@reddit

But does it have anti skip?!

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Adept_Jaguar8613@reddit

Almost certainly not. When it was premium tech you had lots of suppliers with the top end competing on quality. Older tech, you have fewer suppliers basically all competing on price.

This is also why people love vintage turntables and audio equipment

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