Bohnjaggs
Well-Known Member
Think I bought mine in 2000. It was a refurbished Sony from eBay for $90. First eBay purchase ever and I had to beg my parents for it, since buying things on the internet back then seemed like an instant scam.
Believe I made a couple mixes and played them ad nauseam. But I also remember that the process was very painful, and I screwed a couple of the discs up. So then I went to Best Buy and bought a case of the rewritable ones. By the time I checked out the craze was already over and we had gotten a CD burner so that was that. Gonna have to dig it out of storage now it seems.
Edit: Found 'er https://www.ebay.com/p/Vintage-Sony...ecorder-Player-E9/2254331033?iid=173850755188
I got first CD burner for my computer around 1996-1998. I remember the blank CDs were about $10 each. And unless your computer was super fast, there was a good chance that you'd get an error after some point during the process, essentially ruining the disc. It was nice to be able to make your own mixes but it was super expensive and unreliable.