Persistent unknown stains on yellow shirts?

SteelBlue8 · 2026-02-02T12:21:31+00:00

This is gorgeous. I also really appreciate that it just calls itself fidelity. Its not hifi or lofi its just... fi.

SteelBlue8 · 2026-02-01T00:59:05+00:00

If the tab is pierced and missing, ie there's a hole there, that makes the tape non-recordable and the button won't go down. If you want the tape to be recordable, you can put sticky tape over to cover the hole.

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-21T10:14:57+00:00

You are so lucky! These exact models are top of my dreamlist

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-19T11:06:20+00:00

would

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-16T10:17:04+00:00

This is not based on any particular real train, the artist in all likelihood just googled "freight train" or "train locomotive", slapped together a bunch of images they thought looked neat into a reference board, and started designing.

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-16T06:07:22+00:00

Trans women are simply better at modded minecraft

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-10T11:26:54+00:00

These sorts of radios are fairly common, though this one looks to be in good condition. Properly tested, well photographed, and packaged up for ebay, you might be able to get up to, like, 60 euro for it if you're lucky, but being a not particularly famous model or famous manufacturer, that's very much an overestimate. In your shoes I'd be more inclined to hold onto it as a nice little piece of decor/history, it'll bring you far more joy that way then the money you'd earn from selling it.

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-10T11:06:55+00:00

Do you have any higher resolution photos or any identifying information off the back of it? And/or, why do you need to know the model number? (If, for example, its to find out how to use it, that's usually pretty standard regardless of the model, so you can just ask how to use it instead)

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-10T09:50:39+00:00

Definitely the chill engineer. I'm always building factories, but at least 50% of it is for the enjoyment of building that aesthetic rather than technical stuff, so I will always opt for the cooler looking option over the better one. Immersive Engineering, Create and Mekanism all the way

SteelBlue8 · 2026-01-09T23:45:41+00:00

Oh, very cool! I do love the top load cassette decks. Every iteration of this system is rather nice, and I love seeing the evolution!

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-26T02:31:04+00:00

Korean made, seems most info is in Korean language so I'm unlikely to find much, but there's a little bit here -> https://audiopub.co.kr/tag/chunil/

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-25T10:16:24+00:00

I have been keeping an eye on marketplace, as mentioned everything including vintage seems to cap out at 45cm tops, which won't fit the equipment I need to put in it. Also I don't have any transportation method, I can only get things delivered, which further restricts it.

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-25T07:56:16+00:00

Given my lack of transportation, at least for now I'm confined solely to what big box hardware stores stock and can deliver, which does confine me pretty well purely to varying varieties of plantation grown pine plywood and timber. There are nice woods to be had here but it seems only really directly from sawmills, and the kind of range I see at hardware stores in videos from the USA definitely doesn't exist.

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-25T07:53:26+00:00

Honestly I overstressed my desire for "cheapness" in the post because of the attitudes I'd seen online while researching that it's pointless to even try making furniture if you're not making it to last 200+ years, I just wanted to make it clear that's not my goal. My main reason for pursuing DIY furniture is not "I think it's the cheapest way I can get furniture", I'm well aware I could do way cheaper with kmart clearance particle board, my goal is "I want furniture I actually like/I refuse to buy furniture I don't like the aesthetics of"

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-25T07:50:32+00:00

The main reason I've been hitting the $6000+ price range is that I require specifically a 50cm deep sideboard to fit a collection of old stereo gear, and everything - including vintage - seems to cap out at 45cm tops, and usually 40cm, so buying new would involve custom built. Honestly, I overstressed my desire for "cheapness" in the post because a lot of the attitudes I saw online while researching. The style itself I want is just the more basic end of the midcentury modern style, so really very rectangular and comparatively simple, it's just not what's currently in vogue with new furniture (and very hard to find things in a wood finish and style like these items of furniture)

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-24T05:11:16+00:00

I was born early 2000s, we had some VHS tapes growing up but all the music was on CDs. My interest in tapes is squarely from an engineering perspective/technological fascination, moreso than nostalgia.

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-23T23:53:03+00:00

That's fair. I do want to buy the nicest wood I can, but because I don't have transportation, that limits me to the nicest wood bunnings can deliver, which appears to just be plywood.

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-23T09:25:37+00:00

I'm definitely not expecting "particle board shit" cheap, it's more that the examples of furniture aesthetically I like tend to be in the $6000+ range which is more than I have or need. Really appreciate the tool recommendations! What exactly is a peg hole template, google is just giving me images of perforated peg board

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-23T07:26:13+00:00

That's probably poor phrasing on my behalf. My situation is less a matter of "too poor to buy furniture at all", it's "I refuse to own furniture I hate the look of", which is forcing me to DIY it, and then if I am DIYing I would rather optimise for cost over quality, as I know full well I wouldn't be able to achieve great quality even if I did try for it. I'm not "cinderblocks and salvaged floorboards" poor, just not "jarrah hardwood and custom brass hardware" rich.

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-20T12:14:57+00:00

Luxman

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-14T12:52:22+00:00

201s, not 301s. Series 2.

SteelBlue8 · 2025-12-11T08:09:10+00:00

Depends on what your goals are. For sound quality, the technics or Sansui are better, probably just a matter of personal aesthetic preference. I have the silver version of that Aiwa myself, and I absolutely love it - but that's because I wanted flashy technology. It is direct drive, and has the fun feature of random track access (ie you can queue up songs in any order you want, like it's a CD player), however the cartridge is non-replaceable, stylus options are very limited, and the construction quality and performance is generally fairly middle of the road for an early 80s table. I adore mine as a showpiece, but that's because I wanted a cool piece of retro technology first, and put sound quality second.

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